Anne Frances Bankes, Countess of Falmouth (1789-1864)
Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1810 - 1815
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257064
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Anne Frances Bankes, Countess of Falmouth (1789-1864) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA. (1769-1830), circa 1810. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing, wearing a crimson dress with flowers tucked into her belt, her left elbow resting on the chair arm, a pillar and drape in background . Curiously, her left arm is in a long sleeve to the wrist and her right arm has a short sleeve. Anne Frances Bankes, Countess of Falmouth (1789-1864), daughter of Henry Bankes the Younger (1757-1834) and Frances Woodley (1760-1823), daughter of William Woodley (1728-1793). In 1810 she married Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl and 4th Viscount of Falmouth (1787-1841). Their son Henry Boscawen, 2nd Earl and 5th Viscount Falmouth died unmarried in 1852. After her husband’s death she came to stay periodically at Kingston Lacy and helped her brother, William John Bankes (1786-1855) in the reorganisation of the house.
Provenance
By inheritance and descent through the sitter's brothers, William John Bankes MP (1786-1855) and The Right Hon. George Bankes, MP (1787-1856); bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902-1981)
Makers and roles
Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830), artist
References
Garlick 1989 Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence. A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, p.186, no.288
