Frances Legh of Bruch, Mrs (Peter) Legh (1670 – 1728)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1690 - 1723
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500445
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Frances Legh of Bruche, Mrs Peter Legh (1670 - 1728) by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing, with left knee turned in; golden mantle with dark-green revers, over white shift held by pearls on left sleeve; left hand and arm across her waist, right hand on mantle on rock at left, landscape and sky at right. The pendant of this picture is the portrait of her husband, Peter XII Legh (1669 - 1744) also by Kneller.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2011. 1879 inventory, p.33: Dining Room, 'Mrs Legh ... by ditto [Kneller]'; 1929 inventory, p.15: Dining Room, 'A 3/4 length portrait of Frances Legh of Bruche wife of Peter Legh 1702 wearing yellow wrap and silk chemisette (by Sir Godfrey Kneller, canvas measuring 39 ins. by 48 ins. Signed G.K.).'; by inheritance and descent to Richard, 5th Baron Newton (b.1950), and his brother, the Hon. David Legh (b.1951); accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2011.
Credit line
Lyme Park, The Legh Collection (accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2011)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed, bottom right: in monogram: GK Back, on lining canvas: Mrs Legh / wife of Sir Peter Legh / by Kneller 1702 Frame label: FRANCIS LEGH OF BRUCHE. / WIFE OF PETER LEGH 1702 / SIR G. KNELLER
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist