Elizabeth Archer, Lady Croft (d.1709) (after John Michael Wright)
John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1675
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
405 x 345 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Croft Castle, Herefordshire
NT 537587
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Elizabeth Archer, Lady Croft (d.1709) (after John Michael Wright), British (English) School, circa 1675. Second of a pair (with NT 537586) of oval pictures, in contemporary frames. An oval portrait of the daughter of Thomas Archer of Umbleside, Co. Warwick, copied from a very fine three-quarter length original by John Michael Wright, formerly with The Weiss Gallery (about 2009), previously identified as Elizabeth Wilbraham. The commission of the original is documented in a letter, dated 27th July 1676.
Provenance
From the estate of Sir James Croft, 11th Bt; loaned to The National Trust by Michael Henry Glendower Page Croft, 2nd Baron (1916-1997) circa 1960; accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of Michael Henry Glendower Page Croft and allocated to The National Trust for display at Croft Castle in 2004.
Credit line
Croft Castle, The Croft Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694), artist British (English) School, artist
References
Smith 1953 William James Smith, Letters from Michael Wright, The Burlington Magazine, vol 95, no 604, July 1953, p. 234