Auda Letitia Vernon, later Mrs T.A.Hill (1862-1957) as a Child
Henry Weigall (London 1829 - Ramsgate 1925)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1864
Materials
Oil on millboard
Measurements
330 x 229 mm (13 x 9 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
NT 414229
Summary
Oil painting on millboard, Auda Letitia Vernon, Mrs T.A.Hill (1862-1957), as a child by Henry Weigall (London 1829 - Ramsgate 1925) circa 1864. An oval head-and-shoulders, portrait of the daughter of Sir Harry and Lady Georgina Vernon, en face, aged about one or two, in white slip with blue bows, off her left shoulder; russet hair, brown eyes. Inscribed in ink on backboard: Auda Lætitia / daughter of Sir Harry Vernon / born at Hanbury Hall Aug. 18 1862 Companion picture and frame to HAN.P.23.
Provenance
Bequeathed by the sitter Auda Letitia Vernon, Mrs T.A. Hill (1862 - 1957)
Makers and roles
Henry Weigall (London 1829 - Ramsgate 1925), artist