Called Anne Vernon, Mrs Thomas Wright (b. 1668; m. 1686) with her Daughter Matilda Wright, later Mrs Henry Vernon, as a Child
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1686 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1016 mm (49 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire, Midlands, National Trust
NT 653199
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called Anne Vernon, Mrs Thomas Wright (B. 1668; m. 1686) with her Daughter Matilda Wright, later Mrs Henry Vernon as a Child, British (English) School, late 17th century. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, the wife of Thomas Wright of Great Longstone, Derbyshire, whom she married on 12 June 1686, with their daughter Matilda, seated, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, with a child standing by her side on the right. The child's hands are placed on the mother's left shoulder, the mother's left hand around the child's waist, her right hand across her lap. The mother wears a grey and white dress trimmed with gold, with a pink cloak hanging from her left shoulder and falling across her lap, the child is in a blue dress trimmed with gold; behind to the left is a gilt table supported by the figure of a satyr, a mirror on it, and at right is a green drape trimmed with a gold fringe.
Provenance
Acquired from 10th Lord Vernon in lieu of death-duties after the death of Francis Lawrence William Venables-Vernon, 9th Lord Vernon (1889 -1963) and transferred to the National Trust in 1967 through the National Land Fund
Credit line
Sudbury Hall, The Vernon Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1967)
Marks and inscriptions
Mrs Wright of Longston Daughter to Thomas Vernon
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist