Frances Payne, Mrs William Woodley (1738-1813)
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1758
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
749 x 616 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257063
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Frances Payne, Mrs William Woodley (1738-1813), by Sir Joshua Reynolds, PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), 1758. A half-length oval portrait of the only daughter of Abraham Payne, of the Leeward Islands, facing, head in profile, wearing a white figured dress with gold stitching and dark green cloak over right shoulder. She married William Woodley on March 30, 1758 and this was painted as a marriage portrait. She was the mother of Frances, Mrs Henry II Bankes.
Provenance
by descent, through the sitter's daughter, Frances Woodley (1760 - 1823), Mrs. [Henry II] Bankes; bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist
References
Mannings 2000: David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings. The Subject Pictures catalogued by Martin Postle, New Haven & London 2000, A 1929-1930
