Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Lascelles Iremonger, Lady Chatterton (1806 – 1876), Mrs Edward Heneage Dering
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
521 x 363 mm (20 1/2 x 14 1/2 in)
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Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343209
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, Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Lascelles Iremonger, Lady Chatterton (1806 – 1876), Mrs Edward Heneage Dering, by Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1830 – 1923), inscribed and signed, circa 1860. A bust-length portrait, turned to left, wearing embroidered dress and fur stole and pearls in her hair; landscape background. Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Iremonger was the daughter of Reverend Lascelles Iremonger. She married, (i) Sir William Abraham Chatterton, 2nd Bt., (1794-1855) son of Sir James Chatterton, 1st Bt. and Rebecca Lane, on 3 August 1824. and (ii) Edward Heneage Dering, (1826-1892) son of Reverend Cholmeley Edward John Dering, on 1 June 1859. She died on 6 February 1876
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist