Jane Elizabeth Digby, Lady Ellenborough (1807-1881) (after Joseph Carl Stieler)
after Joseph Carl Stieler (Mainz 1781 – Munich 1858)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
Unknown
Materials
Watercolour on ivory in a wooden frame
Order this imageCollection
Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
NT 618114
Summary
Portait miniature: watercolour on canvas of Jane Elizabeth Digby, Lady Ellenborough (1807-1881) Half-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the right, in a blue dress with gold cords and a gold diadem. Blue eyes, brown hair in ringlets and plaited bun, pink complexion. Red curtain and sky background. The original was commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria (who called her Ianthe) for the Gallery of Beauties, oval miniature.
Makers and roles
after Joseph Carl Stieler (Mainz 1781 – Munich 1858), artist possibly John Baverstock Knight (Langton, Long Blandford 1785 - Piddlehinton 1859) , artist possibly Mary Ann Knight (London 1776 - London 1851), artist possibly Charles Knight (1743 - after 1826), artist