An Unknown Lady, called Mrs Somerville
attributed to Jeremiah Davison (c.1695 - 1745)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1735 - circa 1745
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 990 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1219973
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady, called Mrs Somerville, attributed to Jeremiah Davison (Scotland c.1695 – London after 1750), circa 1735-1745. A three-quarter-length portrait of a lady, turned to the left, wearing a pink dress with white lace trimming, and a corsage of flowers.
Provenance
On loan to the National Trust from the estate of Lady Mairi Bury.
Marks and inscriptions
Stapled to the back: Believed to be Mrs. Somerville
Makers and roles
attributed to Jeremiah Davison (c.1695 - 1745), artist previously catalogued as attributed to John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779), artist