Eleanor Brownlow, Viscountess Tyrconnel (1691–1730)
attributed to Philippe Mercier (Berlin 1689 – London 1760)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
c. 1725
Materials
Chalks on paper
Measurements
151 x 131 mm
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 438057
Summary
Chalk on lined paper, Eleanor Brownlow, Viscountess Tyrconnel (1691–1730), by Philippe Mercier (Berlin 1689 - London 1760), c. 1725. A trois crayons (red, black, and white chalk) portrait drawing of Eleanor Brownlow, Viscountess Tyrconnel, head tilted to proper right, hair adorned with flowers, seated in a wheeled chair decorated with a coronet. This is a preparatory study for The Belton Conversation Piece (NT 436045). On watermarked paper; the verso bears the collector's mark of John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), see Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes, no. 1507.
Provenance
Presumably in possession of artist until at least c.1737-40 when reused as preparatory drawing for A Music Party, Tate (T00922); John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), London (Lugt 1507-8); sold privately to P. & D. Colnaghi and Co. London, 1912; Sotheby's, Monaco, 2 December 1989, lot 172; private collection, France; Sotheby's, London, 22 March 2005, lot 76; Artcurial, Paris, 9 November 2022, lot. 117; purchased by the National Trust with Monument Funding, a National Trust fund set up by the late Simon Sainsbury.
Marks and inscriptions
Verso, bottom left : J.P.H. with an oval
Makers and roles
attributed to Philippe Mercier (Berlin 1689 – London 1760), artist