Mrs Hammerton (fl.1850-60)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1850 - 1860
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
430 x 330 mm
Order this imageCollection
Acorn Bank, Cumbria
NT 1518751
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mrs Hammerton, British (English) School, circa 1850/60. A three-quarter-length portrait of a middle-aged lady, great aunt of the donor of the painting, Miss W.B. Walker, dressed in black with lace collar, headband and cuffs and a red ribbon around her neck, seated, looking to the right with her arm on a table covered with a red cloth beside a vase of flowers. She has flowers in hair, including fuschias and holds a fuschia in her left hand; a wedding ring on her left hand.
Provenance
Given by Miss W.B. Walker of Windermere, great neice of the sitter in 1988
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist