Jemima Crewe, Duchess of Kent (d.1728)
Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1723
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1030 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290427
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Jemima Crewe, Duchess of Kent (d.1728) by Charles D'Agar (Paris 1669 – London 1723). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated and wears a red dress, the front left open over a white blouse. She rests her left elbow on a support. Dark background. Jemima (d.1728) was a sister of Catherine, wife of Sir John Harpur, 4th Bt.
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 d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723), artist