Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, Mrs William Gibbs (1817-1887), aged 22
Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria (Paris 1805 - Pau 1865)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1839 - 1850
Materials
Pastel on paper (oval)
Measurements
577 x 469 mm
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11713
Summary
Pastel on paper (oval), Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, Mrs William Gibbs (1817-1887), aged 22 by Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria (Paris 1805 - Pau 1865), 1839. The marriage portrait of Matilda Blanche Gibbs. Now considered likely to be around 1854 - Willliam, Blanche and family often rented the Villa Montfleury in Pau for holidays (summer 2019, Susan Hayward, Tyntesfield curator).
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria (Paris 1805 - Pau 1865), artist