Catherine Crewe, Lady Harpur (1682 – 1745)
after Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1702 - 1745
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
770 x 610 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290423
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Catherine Crewe, Lady Harpur (1682 – 1745), after Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), inscribed to the right: Catherine Lady Harpur/Daughter of/Thomas Ld.Crewe. An oval half-length portrait of a lady, wearing a white dress with decolletage. Her right elbow rests on a support to the left. Her hair hangs in brown tresses on her shoulders. She was the wife of Sir John Harpur, 4th Bt (see CAL/P/309 and CAL/P/322). This portrait was presented to Sir Vauncey in 1918 by the Marquis of Crewe. Label on frame 'Cather Crewe, Lady Harpur by C.Jervas'.
Provenance
Given to Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe in 1918 by the Marquis of Crewe; 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Cather Crewe, Lady Harpur by C. Jervas (label on frame)
Makers and roles
after Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist