Amelia Hume, Lady Farnborough (1772–1837)
after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1789 - 1850
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1060 x 920 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436039
Caption
The sitter was the elder daughter and co-heiress (with Sophia, Countess Brownlow) of the renowned collector, Sir Abraham Hume and Amelia Egerton. In 1793, she married Charles Long (1761-1838), who was created Baron Farnborough in 1826. She was herself a celebrated amateur watercolourist. This was probably painted as a copy for the sitter’s younger sister, Sophia, Lady Brownlow. The original was paid for by Sir Abraham Hume in 1788, costing him 50 guineas.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Amelia Hume, Lady Farnborough (London 1772 – Bromley 1837) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792). A half-length portrait of a young woman wearing a white dress, a black cloak and large black and white hat, landscape setting with trees and sky on the left. She was the eldest daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Bt (1748/9-1838) and Lady Amelia Egerton (1751-1809), and co-heiress with her sister Sophia Hume, Lady Brownlow (1787/8-1814). She married on 18 May 1793 at Berkeley Square, London, to Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough (1761-1838) of Bromley Hill Place, son of Beeston Long (1710-1785) and Sarah Cropp. Amelia was a celebrated amateur watercolourist. She died on 15 January 1837 at age 64. The original portrait after which this copy was made was commissioned from the artist by Sir Abraham Hume. Sittings are recorded in the Ledgers between 1787 and 1789. The original portrait was in various private collections before being offered for sale at Christie's, London, Old Masters Part II, 8 December 2023, lot 198.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984.
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist previously catalogued as manner of John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), artist
References
Mannings 2000: David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings. The Subject Pictures catalogued by Martin Postle, New Haven & London 2000, I, p. 270, no. 996