Pauline Jermyn, Lady Trevelyan (1816-1866)
William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1864 (dated on reverse)
Materials
Oil on canvas, wood frame and glass
Measurements
550 x 444 x 48 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584353
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Pauline Jermyn, Lady Trevelyan (1816-1866) by William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890), inscribed, on the back: William B. Scott. Aug. 1864. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman in profile to left, wearing a black and whte striped dress and holding a bunch of red and white roses; green and gold curtain background.
Provenance
James Leathart (1820 -1895) and thence by descent; given to Sir Charles Trevelyan by Mrs William Sample in about 1946; bequeathed with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870-1958)
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Back of frame - Top center: LEATHAR EXHIBITION 7TH OCT - 16TH NOV.1968 - LAING GALLERY & MUSEUM - NEWCASTLE - ALL ENTRIES IN BLOCK CAPITALS -Label to be stuck on back of frame ARTIST W. Bell Scott TITLE: PORTRAIT OF PAULINE TREVELYAN SIZE: HEIGHT.......14"...........WIDTH.....10".........OWNERS NAME AND ADDRESS (IN FULL) The National Trust, North Eastern area at Cambo, Morpeth Paper label attached to back of frame: Written in Black ink - TWN LOAN Back of canvas: Written in black ink - William B. Scott. Aug.1864 Back of frame at bottom: William B. Scott August 1864
Makers and roles
William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890), artist
References
Bell Scott 1882 W. Bell Scott, Autobiographical Notes,1882, II, p.5.