Anne Morgan, Lady Hunsdon (d.1606/7) (after Flemish School)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1817
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
180 mm (H)135 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250526
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Anne Morgan, Lady Hunsdon (d.1606/7) (after Flemish School) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1817. Three-quarter length turned slightly to left, facing spectator, in a sumptuous blue and silver dress, large closely-fitting wheel ruff, wearing a three-string pearl necklace falling to the waist, the thumb of her right hand holding the necklace, a feather fan held in her left hand. Grey eyes, brown hair dressed with pearls, fresh complexion, grey background. Original in the collection at Hatfield House.
Provenance
The Bone-enamels at Kingston Lacy, copied from paintings in well-known houses, were mostly acquired by William Bankes at auction in 1836, from a set of 85 which had been unsuccessfully offered to the nation for £4000 by the elder Bone. William gave the bulk of them to his brother the Rev Edward Bankes. After William's flight abroad in 1841, Edward returned them to Kingston Lacy. Bought by William Bankes as part of the Elizabethan series at auction by Messrs Christies and Mansons 22nd April 1836, Lot 10 for 20.9.6.
Marks and inscriptions
LADY HUNSDON / 4 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist after Flemish School, artist