Lady Amelia (Emily) Anne Hobart, Vicountess Castlereagh, Marchioness of Londonderry (1772-1829)
after Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1794 (after)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1244 x 991 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220992
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Amelia (Emily) Anne Hobart, Viscountess Castlereagh, Marchioness of Londonderry (1772-1829), after Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830). A three-quarter-length portrait of Amelia Stewart, wife of Robert, Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822) whom she married in 1794. She stands in a landscape, facing the viewer, her head turned to the left, her right hand behind her back and her left by her side. She wears a white dress with a blue sash, and a white band in her hair. Another version is at Blickling Hall, Norfolk, NT 355546. The original painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1794 (173).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) in 1976
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830), artist
References
Garlick 1989 Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence. A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, no. 508 (a)