Sarah Ballard, Mrs Benjamin Terry (1817-1892)
Sir Martin Archer Shee (Dublin 1769 - Brighton 1850)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1842
Materials
Drawing
Measurements
250 x 194 mm
Order this imageCollection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1117134
Summary
Drawing, pencil heightened with red and white chalk. Sarah Ballard, Mrs Benjamin Terry (1817-1892) by Sir Martin Archer Shee, PRA (Dublin 1769 – Brighton 1850). Ellen Terry's Mother, aged 17.
Provenance
according to a label on the back, given to Ellen Terry by Mr and Mrs Draper of Hammersmith, 'In remembrance of my jubilee'.
Marks and inscriptions
SKETCH OF MRS TERRY - 1842 - BY SIR G.M.A. SHEE, P.R.A. (written along bottom)
Makers and roles
Sir Martin Archer Shee (Dublin 1769 - Brighton 1850), artist