Elizabeth Ilive, Countess of Egremont (1769-1822)
Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1799 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1260 x 1000 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486781
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Ilive, Countess of Egremont (1769-1822) by Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845), signed: Phillips 1799. A three-quarter-length portrait, standing, three-quarters right. She is wearing a blue dress with white sleeves. Her left hand is on a sheet of paper, and she holds a piece of chalk in her right, with books on a table and sky to the left.
Provenance
By descent to the current Lord Egremont. On loan from the Egremont Private Collection
Credit line
Petworth House, The Egremont Collection
Marks and inscriptions
Signed: Phillips 1799
Makers and roles
Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845), artist