Sarah Tully, Lady Hoare (1708/9-1736)
attributed to Charles Philips (London 1708 – London 1747)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730 - 1736
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
304 mm (12 in) (Diameter)(circular)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732149
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sarah Tully, Mrs Hoare (1708/9 - 1736), attributed to Charles Phillips (London 1708 – London 1747), circa 1730-1736. A circular framed painting showing the wife of Sir Richard II Hoare, Kt (1709 - 1754) and mother of Sir Richard Hoare ist Bt (1735 - 1787) sitting in a chair in a landscape. She is dressed as a shepherdess, a book in her right hand, wearing a white dress and cap and gold bodice and is looking into the distance towards the left. Behind her on the left a couple of sheep graze.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed in ink in old hand on back of frame: Miss Tully Verso: Inscribed in blue crayon circular stretcher: l h of door / Corridor Verso: Inscribed in black paint on backs of stretcher, spandrels and frame: 68 Verso: Label: printed, of: CHAPMAN Bros., 241 King's Road., Chelsea. Picture Restorers, Carriers, Gilders etc. and in ink: Sir H.Hoare NO.3998
Makers and roles
attributed to Charles Philips (London 1708 – London 1747), artist previously catalogued as attributed to William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764), artist
References
Stourhead 1898 Alda, Lady Hoare, Catalogue of Principal Paintings & Drawings at Stourhead July 6th 1898 (Ms.typescript), 1898 , p.7