Edward Heneage Dering (1826-1892), standing in an interior at Baddesley Clinton
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1885
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
940 x 686 mm (37 x 27 in)
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Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343198
Caption
Rebecca Orpen was a talented amateur artist who married Marmion Edward Ferrers (1813-84) of Baddesley Clinton. She was prolific, working in both oil and watercolour, and much of her work remains in the house today. She and her husband lived at Baddesley with her aunt, Lady Chatterton and her husband, Edward Heneage Dering. They became known as ‘The Quartet’, revelling in art, history and their religion. On the death of their spouses, Rebecca and Edward Dering were married.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edward Heneage Dering (1826-1892), standing in an interior at Baddesley Clinton, by Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1830 – 1923) , 1885. A full-length portrait, in much the same attitude as in No.70, except that here his left elbow is resting on a window sill over which has been thrown a fur rug; a Gothic doorway behind him at the left. Built service wing at Baddesley Clinton. Married (i) in 1859, Georgiana, Lady Chatterton (1806-1876) the widow of Sir William Chatterton (1794-1855) and (ii) in 1885, Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen, Mrs Marmion Edward Ferrers (1830-1923)
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist