Anne Blackett, Mrs John Trenchard afterwards Mrs Thomas Gordon (d.1783)
attributed to Maria Verelst (Vienna 1680 - London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1723
Materials
Oil on canvas, gilt, wood and metal
Measurements
1213 x 1562 mm (47 3/4 x 61 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584413
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Anne Blackett, Mrs John Trenchard afterwards Mrs Thomas Gordon (d.1783), attributed to Maria Verelst (Vienna 1680 - London 1744), previously attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), inscribed: later 18th century, with name of sitter and biographical details, bottom right: Anne, dr: of 1st: Wm: Blackett,/m.1st. Jno. Trenchard, author of/The Independent Whig &c./m.2d. Thomas Gordon, translator/of Tacitus, Sallust, &c./d.1783 s.p. A three-quarter length portrait, seated on a bank beneath a tree, wearing a blue dress; a classical pavilion or house among trees by a lake in the background.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(later inscription with name of sitter and biographical details)
Makers and roles
attributed to Maria Verelst (Vienna 1680 - London 1744), artist previously catalogued as manner of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), artist
References
Conroy, Rachel, Women Artists and Designers at the National Trust, 2025, p. 44