Lady Mary Sarah Percy Amherst, Baroness Egerton (1837-1892)
John Hanson Walker (1844 – Walsall 1933)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1874
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 533 mm (24 x 21 in)
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298320
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Mary Sarah Percy Amherst, Baroness Egerton (1837-1892) by John Hanson Walker (1844-1933), signed: in red, bottom left: J. Hanson Walker, 1874. A bust-length portrait, to left, wearing a cream dress, with elaborate ruff neck line.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: On frame: No.2 Portrait of Lady Mary Egerton/Painted by/John Hanson Walker./4 Penywern Rd./S. Kensington.
Makers and roles
John Hanson Walker (1844 – Walsall 1933), artist
References
Belinda Morse, John Hanson Walker, Gloucester, 1987 , pp.47, 51, 52 (illus.), pp.135-136 (cat.entry)