Anna Maria Lewis, Countess of Dysart (1745-1804) as Miranda (after Reynolds)
John Constable, RA (East Bergholt 1776 - London 1837)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1823
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 673 mm (29 1/2 x 26 1/2 in)
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140004
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Anna Maria Lewis, Countess of Dysart (1745-1804) as Miranda (after Reynolds), inscribed top left in gold lettering: Maria Countefs of Dysart / in the Character of Miranda from a picture / painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1775 when / she was the Hon. Mrs Tollemache, 1823. A half-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the right, looking down, her hair dressed and piled upon her head with ringlets falling on her right shoulder, she wears a loose fitting gown, with a sash ribbon over her right shoulder. The original painting 'Mrs Tollemache as Miranda' by Sir Joshua Reynolds is part of the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood. Anna Maria Lewis, Countess of Dysart (1745-1804) was the daughter of David Lewis of Allesley and Solihull, Warwickshire, married Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart (1739-1821). Her sister, Magdalena Lewis (d.1823), later married, as his second wife, Lionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart (1734-1799).
Provenance
In around 1820 catalogue and thence by descent until acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Makers and roles
John Constable, RA (East Bergholt 1776 - London 1837), artist after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist