Jane Badger-Weller, Lady Wilson, known as 'Dame Jane' (1749-1818) (after Giovanni Trossarelli)
R. C. Saunders (fl.1879)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1879
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
730 x 630 x 75 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584397
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Jane Badger-Weller, Lady Wilson (1749-1818) (after Giovanni Trossarelli), by R. C. Saunders (fl.1879). A three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing, on a terrace with Charlton House, Greenwich in the background; on the table beside her a piece of paper inscribed: Lady Wilson/Charlton House/Kent; and holding on her lap an open manuscript book, lettered: Second Days Sale/[--- ---]/Shells/China. She was known as 'Dame Jane'. The names of the artists are inscribed on the back of the canvas, with the date 1879 [recte 1829?]. Nothing appears to be known about R.C. Saunders. [If the date on the reverse is actually 1829, then it is possible that R.C. Saunders is identifiable with Robert Saunders, b.1774, a miniature painter who exhibited at the RA 1790-1828 (see Foskett 1972)]. who was evidently copying a portrait by Giovanni Trossarelli, an Italian artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1793-1825. Giovanni is sometimes confused with his brother, Gaspare (1763-1825), who is said to have arrived in London in 1790 with Giovanni and to have also exhibited at the RA 1793-1825. However, Foskett (Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, 1972) found no evidence that Gaspare ever exhibited in London and suggests that he may never have been in England.
Provenance
Given with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870-1958)
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Back of canvas: Lady Wilson painted by R.C.Saunders. 1879 after Trossarelli Back of canvas: Stamp printed on back of canvas - G B O ROWNEY & CO. 29 OXFORD STREET. LONDON Down right side of frame: White circular sticker written in blue ink - 64
Makers and roles
R. C. Saunders (fl.1879), artist Francsco Trossarelli (Turin 1735 – Turin 1808), artist