Mary Weld, Mrs William Pitchford, later Mrs Edward Gatacre

British (English) School
National Trust Inventory Number 814161

Category	Paintings
Date	circa 1750
Materials	Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Measurements	71 x 58 mm (E)
Place of origin

Collection	Dudmaston, Shropshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at	Dudmaston, Shropshire, Midlands, National Trust

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Summary description

Oil painting on canvas: Mary Weld, Mrs William Pitchford. later Mrs Edward Gatacre, British (English) School, circa 1750. A painted oval half-length portrait of a young woman, facing, head slightly to left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a brown satin dress, over a white chemise with full sleeves and a blue mantle draped over her left shoulder.

Provenance

Dudmaston collection; given by Rachel Katherine Hamilton Russell, Lady Labouchere (1908 – 1996) along with the Dudmaston estate in 1978

Marks and inscriptions

30 (in chalk)

Makers and roles

British (English) School, artist

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