Mary Elizabeth Davenport, Mrs John Mytton (d.1740)
attributed to Bartholomew Dandridge (bap. London 1691 – London 1755)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1730 - 1740
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
743 x 603 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996352
Caption
Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Davenport (1677 – 1731) by his first wife Mary Chardin. She eloped with John Mytton of Halstone in 1732. Dandridge was a painter of conversation pieces and portraits. He took over Kneller’s old studio in 1731. He was highly regarded by Vertue.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Elizabeth Davenport, Mrs John Mytton (d.1740), attributed to Bartholomew Dandridge (1691 - c.1754). An oval painted portrait of Mary Elizabeth Davenport, daughter of Henry Davenport by his first wife, Mary Chardin. A niece by marriage of John Ivory Talbot, she eloped with John Mytton on November 7th 1730.
Provenance
given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clarke) (1871 – 1958), who gave Lacock Abbey, its essential contents, and the village and estate of Lacock to the National Trust in 1944, and the pictures in 1948.
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Bartholomew Dandridge (bap. London 1691 – London 1755), artist British (English) School, artist