Arabella Diana Cope, Duchess of Dorset (1769-1825)
John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1790
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2445 x 1530 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129931
Caption
John Hoppner was an imitator of Reynolds, though a competent and celebrated artist in his own right. This portrait was painted in the year that the 3rd Duke (John Frederick Sackville, 1745-1799) and Duchess were married. They had one son, who would later become the 4th Duke of Dorset, and two daughters. In 1801, the Duchess married her second husband, the diplomat Sir Charles (later created Earl) Whitworth (1752-1825), but continued to use her earlier title.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Arabella Diana Cope, Duchess of Dorset (1769-1825) by John Hoppner RA (London 1758 – London 1810), 1790. Full-length portrait, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, her left hand, palm upwards, on her hip, wearing a white decollete dress and white plumed head dress, with a dog at her feet on the left, landscape background with distant horizon with cloudy sky.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Makers and roles
John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), publisher