Self-portrait in her Painting Room at Baddesley Clinton
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen Ferrers, later Mrs Edward Henege Dering (1830 – 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1885 - 1896
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
914 x 800 mm (36 x 31 1/2 in)
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Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343187
Caption
Rebecca Orpen was a talented amateur artist who married Marmion Edward Ferrers (1813-84) of Baddesley Clinton. She was prolific, working in both oil and watercolour, and much of her work remains in the house today. She and her husband lived at Baddesley with her aunt, Lady Chatterton and her husband, Edward Heneage Dering. They became known as ‘The Quartet’, revelling in art, history and their religion. On the death of their spouses, Rebecca and Edward Dering were married.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Self-portrait in her Painting Room at Baddesley Clinton, by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830 – 1923). A full-length portrait of the artist, in the Banqueting Room, which she used as her studio, at Baddesley Clinton, wearing a long dress and standing to right and looking towards the spectator, a mahlstick in her hand. On an easel behind her is a small unfinished cameo of the house; on the wall at the right hangs the sketch of Edward Dering which appears in this list as No.34. Inscribed. Daughter of Abraham Orpen. Married (i) 1867 Marmion Edward Ferrers (1813-1884) and (ii) in 1885 Edward Henege Dering (1826-1892) Retained Baddesly Clinton for her lifetime
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen Ferrers, later Mrs Edward Henege Dering (1830 – 1923), artist
References
Richardson 2007 Clare Richardson, “A life in pictures: Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen at Baddesley Clinton.” Apollo, supplement Historic Houses and Collections Annual, 2007, pp. 30-35, fig. 1 Rowell 2018 Christopher Rowell, ‘Women Artists, Collectors and Patrons’, National Trust Historic Houses & Collections Annual, 2018, pp. 9-10