The Hon. Beatrice Mary Petre, Mrs Henry Ferrers Ferrers (1858-1930), standing in a rural landscape
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1850 (circa) - 1923
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1371 x 1016 mm (54 x 40 in)
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Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343254
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. Beatrice Mary Petre, Mrs Henry Ferrers Ferrers (1858-1930), standing in a rural landscape, by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830 – 1923), signed R. Dering. A full length portrait of the wife of Henry Ferrers Ferrers against landscape and pool background. The Hon. Beatrice Mary Petre was the daughter of Hon. Arthur Charles Augustus Petre (1827-1882) of Coptfold Hall, Essex (the son of William Henry Francis Petre, 11th Baron Petre) and Lady Katherine Howard (d.1882). She married Henry Ferrers Ferrers (1848-1923), son of Captain Boydell Croxton, on 11 February 1879. She died on 20 June 1930. She had three sons: (i) Edward Arthur Joseph Ferrers (1881-1934) (ii) Francis Compton Charles Ferrers (1882- killed in action 1918) (ii) Bernard Compton Ferrers (1884-1969)
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist