Frame
Category
Frames
Date
1800 - 1830
Materials
Compo, Gilt, Wood
Measurements
1780 x 1490 x 120 mm
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485595
Summary
An English, early nineteenth century, Neoclassical frame for a full-length portrait (NT/PET/P/235) by Sir William Beechey (1853-1839) of Lady Burrell (1789-1848) as Hebe.
Provenance
In the collection of the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) by 1835. Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.