Called Lady Mary Bruce, Duchess of Richmond (1740 -1796), possibly Elizabeth White, Mrs Hartley (1751 - 1824)
Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1786 - circa 1787
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2311 x 1524 mm (91 x 60 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ascott Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 1535129
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called Lady Mary Bruce, Duchess of Richmond (1740 -1796), possibly Elizabeth White, Mrs Hartley (1751 - 1824) by Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788), circa 1786/7.
Provenance
By descent to Thomas Connolly, MP (1823–76) and first recorded in the collection in 1872; acquired by Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808–79) before 1876; by descent to his grandson, Anthony de Rothschild (1887–1961); presented by him with Ascott to the National Trust in 1949.
Credit line
Ascott, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788), artist
References
Ascott, Buckinghamshire, Scala, 2008 by John Martin Robinson and others [pictures entries by Karin Wolfe on basis of Gore entries, 1963 with contributions from Alastair Laing] , no. 112