Lady Caroline Villiers, Lady Paget (1774-1835) with her eldest son Henry Paget, later Sir Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (1797-1869)
John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2388 x 1448 mm (94 x 57 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175934
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Caroline Villiers, Lady Paget (1774-1835) with her eldest son Henry Paget, later Sir Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (1797-1869) by John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), 1800. A full-length portrait of 'Car', the first wife of the future 1st Marquess of Anglesey, standing on the her right,before a draped column, wearing a black dress over a white under-skirt with a white lace collar, with Henry, her son, dressed in a white dress beside her, holding his mother's left hand with his left hand.
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Labelled (on 20th-century brass label: CAROLINE (VILLIERS) LADY PAGET (1774-1835) Afterwards DUCHESS OF ARGYLL. 1st Wife of 1st Marquess of Anglesey. JOHN HOPPNER (1768-1810). 1809 23 [?]
Makers and roles
John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), artist