Bridget Lucy, later Viscountess Molyneux (1654/5 -1713), as a Child 533831

Bridget Lucy, later Viscountess Molyneux (1654/5 -1713), as a Child

British (English) School

Date

circa 1660

Materials

Oil on canvas

Measurements

737 x 610 mm (29 x 24 in)

Place of origin

England

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Collection

Charlecote Park, Warwickshire

NT 533831

Summary

Oil painting on canvas, Bridget Lucy, later Viscountess Molyneux (1654/5 -1713), as a Child, British (English) School, circa 1660. A full-length portrait of a young child seated in a landscape. She is wearing a green dress and red cloak. She is holding a wreath of flowers around the neck of a lamb, who’s head is resting on her right leg. Framed in a gilt frame. Bridget Lucy was the only daughter of Robert Lucy and Margaret Spencer. Bridget married 4th Viscount Molyneux in 1675

Provenance

Presented to the National Trust by Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy (1896 – 1965), two years after the death of his father, Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1944), with Charlecote Park and its chief contents, in 1946

Makers and roles

British (English) School, artist

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