Barbara Throckmorton, Mrs Thomas Giffard (d. 1764)
William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1727 - 1764
Materials
Pastel on paper
Measurements
572 x 445 mm (22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135159
Summary
Pastel on paper, Barbara Throckmorton, Mrs Thomas Giffard (d. 1764) by William Hoare, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792). A half-length portrait to right, head facing, without hands, in white dress with blue/pale green shawl and white a flat white feathered hat or bonnet tied beneath her chin with a blue bow; against a blue landscape background. The sitter was the daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet and second wife of Thomas Giffard.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust in 2006 through private treaty sale
Credit line
Coughton Court, The Throckmorton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792), artist