A Girl, called Rebecca Gaskell, later Mrs Richard Clive, with a King Charles Spaniel
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
760 x 635 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180960
Caption
This portrait is thought to depict Rebecca Gaskell as a young girl. She later married Richard Clive of Styche and was the mother of Robert Clive, ‘Clive of India’. She is shown here wearing an elegant dress, adorned with a shawl. This relative formality is countered by the sprightly King Charles Spaniel puppy she holds, which reinforces a sense of playfulness befitting of her youth. The portrait was probably painted by a provincial British artist, in imitation of the fashionable mode of female portraiture being produced in the studios of leading London artists.
Summary
Oil painting canvas, A Girl, called Rebecca Gaskell, later Mrs Richard Clive, with a King Charles Spaniel, English School, 18th century. A three-quarter-length portrait of the wife of Richard Clive and daughter of Nathaniel Gaskell (1653 - 1716), holding a small spaniel on her lap.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Treasury on 21st March, 1963 in lieu of tax and conveyed to National Trust ownership on 29th November 1963.
Credit line
Powis Castle, The Powis Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist