Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (c.1530-1586) (after Circle of Hans Eworth)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1823
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
203 mm (H)165 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250547
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (c.1530-1586) (after Circle of Hans Eworth) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1823. Three-quarter length portrait, turned slightly to left, facing spectator, in a black dress, holding her gloves in her left hand and a missal in her right. Blue eyes, red hair, fresh complexion. Green curtain and column background. Original at Petworth House (PET/P/499)
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.
Marks and inscriptions
LADY SIDNEY / Wife of Sir Henry and Mother of Sir Philip / 25 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist circle of Hans Eworth (Antwerp c.1525 – ?London after 1578), artist