Elizabeth Kirkley, Lady Blackett (d.1674) but probably Mary Yorke, 2nd Wife of Edward Blackett, 2nd Bt
John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691) and John Closterman (Osnabrück 1660 – London 1711)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1670 - 1674
Materials
Oil on canvas in gilt wood frame
Measurements
1245 x 965 mm (49 x 38 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584404
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Inscribed Elizabeth Kirkley, Lady Blackett (d.1674), but probably Mary Yorke, 2nd Wife of Edward Blackett, 2nd Bt by John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691). Three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, seated, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, in a landscape, wearing a brick-red dress and blue scarf her left arm resting on a plinth.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(later inscription as Elizabeth Kirkley)
Makers and roles
John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691) and John Closterman (Osnabrück 1660 – London 1711) , artist John Closterman (Osnabrück 1660 - London 1711), artist John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691), artist