Frances Thompson, Lady Calverley
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1691
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584390
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Frances Thompson, Lady Calverley, British (English) School, late 17th century, with name of sitter, top left, as: FRANCES.widow of/Sr: Wr:CALVERLEY Kt:/Dr: of Hnry: THOMPSON/of Esholt.and on rectangular piece of ?original canvas attached to the back of the [?relined] canvas: Mrs. Henry [erroneously]: Calverley Widdow ye only daughter of Henry Thompson Esqr of Esholt Grandmother to Sr. Walter Blackett. An oval half-length portrait of a widow, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, in a black lace headdress and brown dress trimmed with white.
Provenance
Given 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)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist