Laura Beatrice Elton, Mrs George Gibbs (1842-1911), as a young girl
Albert Ludovici the elder (1820-1894)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
914 x 711 mm (36 x 28 in)
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624148
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Laura Beatrice Elton, Mrs George Gibbs (1842-1911), as a young girl by Albert Ludovici (1820-1894), signed. A portrait of the daughter of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton 7th Bt MP (1818-1883) and his first wife Rhoda Susan Willis as a young girl, seated in a high-backed chair turned to the left, looking to the left, holding an open book in her right hand and fingering her ringlets with her left hand. She has long brown hair, with ringlets falling down past her shoulders, wearing a dark velvet coat under which there is a glimpse of a red blouse with a white lace collar, and white lace cuffs. She married George Gibbs of Belmont.
Provenance
Purchased from Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 – 1995), 1981 with the help of grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the NHMF
Makers and roles
Albert Ludovici the elder (1820-1894) , artist