Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, Lady Lee (1739-1811)
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723 – at sea 1779)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pastel on paper
Measurements
750 x 559 mm (29 1/2 x 22 in)
Collection
Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1548092
Summary
Pastel on two sheets of paper, Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, Lady Elizabeth Lee (1739-1811) by Katherine Read (Dundee 1723 – at sea 1779). A half-length portrait, seated, wearing ablue gown, embroidering [the piece was of embroidery was in house until 1938; since lost].
Provenance
By descent, until, or shortly before, acquired by The Clarendon Gallery, London (exhibited in The Art of Pastel, 1986, cat no. 25, p. 22 & pl. XVIII, with provenance as 'The Lee Family'; [Sotheby's 15th November 1990, lot 62, bought for £12, 650] but Jeffares, p. 432: Sotheby;'s 15th July 1993
Makers and roles
Katherine Read (Dundee 1723 – at sea 1779), artist
References
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 Ædes Hartwellianæ, MDCCCLI [1851]., p. 116