Anne Fitzwilliam, Lady Cooke (1541-c.1605) (after British (English) School)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1817
Materials
Enamel
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250573
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Anne Fitzwilliam, Lady Cooke (1541-c.1605) (after British (English) School) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1817. Three-quarter length portrait, turned slightly to left, facing spectator, in a black dress, widows cap, sumptuous double ropes of pearls, each of four rows, holding fan in right hand and gloves in left, a ring on each thumb. Blue eyes, dark brown hair, fresh complexion. Plain dark grey background. Originally in the collection at Woburn Abbey, sold 1951.
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 COOKE / Wife of Sir Anthony Cooke / 51 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist British (English) School, artist