Henrietta Vernon, Countess of Warwick (1760-1838)
after Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
165 x 140 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290234
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Henrietta Vernon, Countess of Warwick (1760-1838), after Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788). An oval bust-length portrait, turned slightly to right, gazing to the right. She has powdered hair under a black hat and wears a large white kerchief on neck and shoulders above a low-cut dress. After the death of his first wife, Georgiana Peachey NT 290230, George Greville married Henrietta.
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Henrietta, 2nd wife of George 2nd Earl of Warwick, brother of Hon. Lady Frances Harpur of Calke Abbey near Repton, Derbyshire. My great grandmother. Frances J. H. Crewe, Bath. (inscription on the reverse)
Makers and roles
after Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788), artist