Lydia Henrietta Malortie, Mrs Henry Hoare (1754 - 1816)
George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1780 - 1784
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
737 x 616 mm (29 x 24 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 922325
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lydia Henrietta Malortie, Mrs Henry Hoare (1754 - 1816) by George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802). Portrait of a young woman, half-length, facing, seated, head turned to the right, gazing to the right. She has powdered hair over which there is a gauze veil. She wears a white dress with pale grey/green stripes and a white fichu. Vague sky background.
Provenance
By descent, through the sitter's daughter, Lydia, wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Bt
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: On Stretcher: 6
Makers and roles
George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), artist
References
Ward, Thomas Humphry, 1845-1926 Romney : 1904., Vol. II, p. 78