Lady Frances Greville, Lady Harpur (1744-1825) and her Son Henry Harpur, later Sir Henry Harpur Crewe, 7th Bt (1763-1819)
Tilly Kettle (1735 - Aleppo 1786)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1766
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2419 x 1530 mm (95 1/4 x 60 1/4 in)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290425
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Frances Greville, Lady Harpur (1744-1825) and her Son Henry Harpur later Sir Henry Harpur Crewe, 7th Bt (1763-1819) by Tilly Kettle (Exeter 1735 – Aleppo 1786), signed lower left 'Kettle Pinx'. 1766. A full-length portrait of Lady Frances Harpur with her son, Henry. She wears a pink dress with lace trimmings and rests her left elbow on a stone plinth. Henry wears a white dress with a blue sash and holds a toy. Columns in the background. Label inscribed on the back 'The Rt.Honble. Lady Frances Harpur/Daughter of the Earl of Warwick/Her son Sir Henry Harpur Bt. - afterwards Sir H.Crewe' (inventory card). Lady Frances (d.1825), daughter of the 1st Earl of Warwick, married Sir Harry Harpur, 6th Bt, in 1762. The subject of the relief is the Judgement of Paris, the figure on the left is Paris holding the apple amd two of the three goddesses are visible.
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 with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1985)
Marks and inscriptions
The Rt.Honble. Lady Frances Harpur/Daughter of the Earl of Warwick/Her son Sir Henry Harpur Bt. - afterwards Sir H.Crewe (inscribed on label on the back)
Makers and roles
Tilly Kettle (1735 - Aleppo 1786), artist