Sophia Ward, Mrs Arthur Upton
attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 737 mm (24 x 29 in)
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Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836192
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sophia Ward, Mrs Arthur Upton, attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739). A half-length portrait (possibly reduced) of a the daughter of Judge Michael Ward, sister of Bernard Ward, 1st Lord Bangor, holding a basket of flowers over her right arm and plucking a rose on her left. She married Arthur Upton of Castle Upton, Co. Antrim.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Marks and inscriptions
Mrs Sophie Upton (lower left hand corner-)
Makers and roles
attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist possibly Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist