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? Photographic image?
Measurements
103 mm (Width); 110 mm (L)
Order this imageCollection
Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
NT 618116
Summary
Portrait miniature: watercolour on ivory 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.
Makers and roles
after Joseph Carl Stieler (Mainz 1781 – Munich 1858), publisher possibly Mary Ann Knight (London 1776 - London 1851), publisher possibly Charles Knight (1743 - after 1826), publisher possibly John Baverstock Knight (Langton, Long Blandford 1785 - Piddlehinton 1859) , publisher