Grace Searle, later Mrs William Benthall (1744-1802), as a Young Girl
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1765 - 1770
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509848
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Grace Searle, later Mrs William Benthall (1744-1802), as a Young Girl, British (English) School, circa 1765/70. A half-length portrait of Grace Searle of Allerton in Devon, as a young girl, who married William Benthall of Totnes, Buckfast in 1777, seated and turned to the right, wearing a white dress and stroking a black and white dog wearing a jewelled collar on her right.
Provenance
Owned by Mary Clementina Benthall (1879-1960) and recorded in the 1957 list of pictures, furniture etc suggested for retention at Benthall Hall by the National Trust; transferred to the ownership of the National Trust with the contents of Benthall Hall in the Deed of Gift made by Mary Clementina Benthall and dated 8th August 1958; recorded in the Inventory of National Trust Property at Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963; recorded on page 38 of the Sotheby's Inventory and Valuation of Benthall Hall dated July 1992.
Credit line
Benthall Hall, The Benthall Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist