Mrs Halliwell as an Old Woman
William Scott (Leicestershire 1797-1862)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1840 (inscribed on reverse)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 620 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 593147
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mrs Halliwell as an Old Woman, by William Scott (Leicestershire 1797-1862), inscribed on reverse 1840. A half-length portrait of an elderly woman, facing, gazing at the spectator.wearing a lace bonnet decorated with grey satin bows, and a red shawl, with multicoloured edging. Inscribed on reverse 1840. Canvas stamped 'Geo. Rowney and Co, Manufacturers, 51 Rathbone Place, London' Label reading 'J C Grundy, Carver Gilder, Printseller to the Queen, Repository of Arts, 4 Exchange St, Manchester'. Elizabeth Halliwell (née Gardener, 1797-1862) of Manchester was a relation of Francis 'Frank' William Green (1861–1954) through Mary Lycett, Frank Green's mother. See also NT 593150.
Provenance
Dining Room (1930-date); gift of Francis 'Frank' William Green FSA (1861-1954) in 1930
Credit line
Treasurer’s House, York, The Frank Green Gift (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(inscription on back giving artist and date)
Makers and roles
William Scott (Leicestershire 1797-1862), artist previously catalogued as by William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890), artist