Mary Legh, Mrs Legh Richmond (d. after 1769)
John Astley (Wem 1724 - Cheshire 1787)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1759
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499930
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Legh, Mrs Legh Richmond (d. c.1769) by John Astley (1724 - 1787), 1759. A half-length painted oval portrait of a middle-aged woman, turned to the left, gazing at spectator. Her dark hair is covered by a long black shawl which falls across her shoulders and is caught at her bosom by a rope of pearls which hangs from her right shoulder. She wears a brown dress, a white fichu and a purple bow at her neck. Wife of the Reverend Legh Richmond
Provenance
This painting with eight others was presented by Sir Bruce Lyttelton Richmond (1871 – 1964) in 1959. All these portraits belonged to the Reverend Legh Richmond, grandson of Legh Richmond, the rector of Stockport and great grandfather of Sir Bruce who gave the pictures to the Trust for exhibition at Lyme. NT 499943 and NT 499944 passed to a younger son, whose daughter married the 10th Lord Belhaven and left the pictures to Sir Bruce Ingram, the remainder descended directly to this donor.
Credit line
Lyme Park, The Legh Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: JOHN ASTLEY MARY LEGH (printed on a gilt label on the bottom edge of the frame) Verso: Label on stretcher, but mostly torn off: R WATSON, Carver and Gilder & Picture Frame Maker, 141 Wardour St. above stamp of W..........LL / LINER
Makers and roles
John Astley (Wem 1724 - Cheshire 1787), artist