Lady Alexandrina Octavia Maria Vane, Countess of Portarlington (1823-1874) on a White Horse
Charles Hancock (Marlborough 1802 - 1877)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1845 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1117 x 1423 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220804
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Alexandrina Octavia Maria Vane, Countess of Portarlington (1823-1874) , by Charles Hancock (Marlborough 1802 - 1877), signed Charles Hancock Pt 1845. Lady Alexandrina Vane, Countess of Portarlington (1823-1874), second daughter of Charles William, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, and his second wife, Frances Anne Vane-Tempest and Tsar Alexander's goddaughter is riding side saddle on a white horse in a landscape. Both horse and rider are facing the right. She married Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington (1822-1889) in 1847.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009), 1976.
Marks and inscriptions
Charles Hancock Pt 1845 On the frame tablet: LADY ALEXANDRINA VANE
Makers and roles
Charles Hancock (Marlborough 1802 - 1877), artist