The Hon. Catherine Crewe, Lady, Harpur (1682-1745) with a Young Child, probably her Eldest Son, later Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Bt (1708–1748)
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1713 (bill payment)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1250 x 1000 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290417
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. Catherine Crewe, Lady, Harpur (1682-1745) with a young child, probably her eldest son, later Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Bt. (1708–1748), by Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739),1713. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated near an urn, a landscape with a triumphal arch back left. Three-quarter length portrait, full front. The child's face and arms visisble behind her lap. She wears a blue decolleté dress over a white blouse, fastened with brooches in the front. Her dark hair is worn in tresses over her shoulders. Daughter of Thomas, 2nd Baron Crewe, CAL/P/326, married Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet in 1702. Probably the picture for which Jervas was paid £30 in 1713.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
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)
Makers and roles
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist