A Lady of the Maister Family
Ellen Tyrrell (fl. 1843)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1843 (signed and dated)
Materials
Pastel on paper
Measurements
533 x 445 mm (21 x 17 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Maister House, East Yorkshire
NT 221816
Summary
Pastel on paper, (silk backed on paper board) A Lady of the Maister Family, signed Ellen Tyrrell, Paris 1843. A portrait of possibly Anne Maister (nee Pease) the widow of Arthur Maister II (1775-1833), owner of Maister House, Hull or Arthur's youngest sister, Henrietta (b.1786), wife of James Ramsay.
Provenance
In collection of John Maister of Maren cum Grafton, Yorkshire until purchased from J. W. Bentall Antiques, Ripon, May 1975 (with the 2 other pastels for £250 for 3) by the donor's father, Colonel Rupert Alec-Smith (1913 - 1983) at The Old Rectory at Winestead (Alec-Smith Inventory 1957, p. 28) and thence by descent to his daughter Alexandra Alec-Smith who donated them in 2013 to the National Trust for Maister House (given by the Georgian Society for East Yorkshire, Colonel Rupert Alec-Smith and Barkers & Lee Smith Ltd in 1966)
Credit line
Maister House, The Alec-Smith Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Ellen Tyrrell (fl. 1843), artist