The Hon. Hester Lyttelton, Mrs Richard Colt Hoare (d.1785)
Samuel Woodforde, RA (Ansford 1763 - Ferrara 1817)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1783 - 1817 (death of artist)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Entrance Hall, Stourhead House, Stourhead, Wiltshire, South West, National Trust
NT 732214
Caption
Colt Hoare’s grandfather desperately wanted him to marry his best friend’s daughter, but Colt was devoted to Hester Lyttelton of Hagley. When she died days after giving birth to her second child, Richard was devastated and left the country.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. Hester Lyttleton, Mrs Richard Colt Hoare (d. 1785) by Samuel Woodforde, RA (Ansford 1763 - Ferrara 1817) possibly painted posthumously. Three-quarter length portrait of Hester, sister of George Fulke Lyttleton and wife Colt Hoare from 1783 is seen standing in an interior, looking to the left. Her left arm rests on a pedestal and her right hand on her muff. She wears a brown dress, white blouse and black coat with fur at the shoulder and the cuffs.
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)
Makers and roles
Samuel Woodforde, RA (Ansford 1763 - Ferrara 1817)