Miss Stopford
manner of George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2340 x 1450 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230427
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Miss Stopford, in the manner of George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), circa 1780. A full-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, seated on a stone in a woodland setting, wearing a white dress with pointed frill at neckline, a large brimmed straw hat with a wide blue ribbon. Distant horizon to the left, with cloudy sky. The young woman is thought to have been an ancestor of Winifreda Adye, the first wife of William Watson-Armstrong.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Makers and roles
manner of George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), artist