Jane Needham, Mrs Myddelton (1645-1692)
studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1670
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1600 x 1240 x 50 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171199
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Jane Needham, Mrs Myddelton (1645-1692) studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1670. The inscription 'Mary Cholmondeley, Lady Myddelton' is erroneous. The sitter does not resemble the youthful portraits of 'La Myddelton' but the pose resembles [but not identical] that of a Lely of 'Madame Middleton' mezzotinted by R Thompson, and the face that of a Lely studio full length called 'Mrs Middleton' at Goodwood. It is hard to see who else can have been meant by these names.
Provenance
With some of the contents, in 1978, that were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales (In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust); accepted by the Inland Revenue in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) and transferred to the National Trust for display to the public at Chirk Castle in 1999
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed (erroneously) Mary Cholmondeley, Lady Myddelton (picture dates from at least 10 yrs after her death)
Makers and roles
studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist