Frances Blackett, Mrs Robert Bruce (b.1696)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1003 mm (49 x 39 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584406
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Frances Blackett, Mrs Robert Bruce (b.1696) by British (English) School, possibly Bartholomew Dandridge (London 1691 – London c.1754), circa 1730. A three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, seated, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, her arm resting on a gilt table, wearing a white satin dress and blue stole; trees visible through a window.
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)
Marks and inscriptions
(later inscription with name of sitter)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist possibly Bartholomew Dandridge (bap. London 1691 – London 1755), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Joseph Highmore (London 1692 – Canterbury 1780), artist