Lady Maria Louisa Fitzroy, Lady Penhryn (1818-1912)
Eden Upton Eddis (1812 - Shalford 1901)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1840 - 1901 (death of artist)
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
890 x 735 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1420353
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Lady Maria Louisa Fitzroy, Lady Penhryn (1818-1912) by Eden Upton Eddis (1812 – Shalford 1901). An oval, half-length portrait of the 2nd wife of 1st Lord Penrhyn, to left, seated. Lady Maria Louisa Fitzroy, daughter of the sth Duke of Grafton, and second wife of Edward, Ist Lord Penrhyn (Nos P/68, P/85 and P/301, Grand Hall, aisles). Lady Penrhyn disliked the portrait and was caught by her husband: `... perched up on a table, busily engaged in painting out the bright coloured scarf with some dark paint from her own little water colour paint box, as she considered the effect too gaudy'.
Provenance
By inheritance; accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust in 2017
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection
Makers and roles
Eden Upton Eddis (1812 - Shalford 1901), artist