Margaret Maskelyne, Lady Clive (1735-1817)
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, RA (London 1735 - Winchester 1811)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1770 - circa 1774
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Order this imageCollection
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1181067
Caption
Margaret Maskelyne was the daughter of Edward Maskelyne of Purton, Wiltshire. In 1753 she married Clive of India in Madras after meeting him at Fort St. David on the Coromandel Coast.The musical score might allude to the soiree that Margaret held at 45 Berkeley Square on 13 March 1765, which featured the Mozart family (Wolfgang Amadeus was 8 years old at the time) and Manzuoli.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Margaret Maskelyne, Lady Clive (1735-1817) by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, RA (London 1735–Winchester 1811), 1770-74. A three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, seated, looking left, wearing an ermine-trimmed pale gold dress, pearl necklet and powdered wig. A musical score lies on the table and a landsape can be seen, to her left.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Treasury on 21st March, 1963 in lieu of tax and conveyed to National Trust ownership on 29th November 1963. Recorded at Walcot Hall in Montgomery Collections Vol VI P.148 in 1873.
Credit line
Powis Castle, The Powis Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, RA (London 1735 - Winchester 1811)
References
Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, no. 50