Caroline Paget, Lady Bayly (d.1766)
attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1737
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2286 x 1295 mm (90 x 51 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175947
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Caroline Paget, Lady Bayly (d.1766) attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744). A full-length portrait, she is standing on a balustraded terrace wearing a grey/white satin dress with a blue wrap, her left index finger pointing towards the background. A full coat of arms and name on top left. Almost certainly a pendant to PLN/P/32.
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Below: Caroline Lady Bayly only Daughter to the Honble: Thomas Pagett, & wife to Sr: Nicholas Bayly, Bt [Note: The 'ble' in 'Honble:' appears in small letters above the colon. The 'r'in 'Sr:' appears as a small letter above the colon. The 't' in 'Bt:' appears as a small letter above the colon.] Recto: Full coat of arms, top left (Bayly's?: (check Fox-Davies) azure mullets [stars] or, charged with the red hand of Ulster and a shield sable with a cross argent bearing 5 lions passant azure) Recto: Labelled on 20th-century brass label on slip: CAROLINE (PAGET), LADY BAYLY, OB. 1766, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Thomas Paget (see 9). School of THOMAS HUDSON (1701-1779), c.1740. 11.
Makers and roles
attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), artist