Mary Harpur, Lady Holt (d.1752)
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1752
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1020 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290436
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Harpur, Lady Holt (d.1752), manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). Three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, seated, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a brown dress over s white chemise, with a blue cloak draped over her right knee.
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
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist