Mary Ann Frances Willis (1839-1919)
Albert Ludovici the elder (1820-1894)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1857 (dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
890 x 700 mm (35 x 27 1/2 in)
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Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624179
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Ann Frances Willis (1839-1919) by Albert Ludovici (1820-1894), dated 1857. Daughter of Captain William Alexander Willis RN (1799-1862) and Mary Ann Nott (1803-1875) and granddaughter of Captain John Nott (1732-1881). Portrait of a young girl, three-quarter length, turned to the left and gazing to the left, leaning forward on the back of a chair on the left, holding a book in left hand. She has dark brown hair, falling in ringlets on her shoulders, and wears a white lace dress with short sleeves, with a crucifix pinned to her breast.
Provenance
Bequest of Colonel Richard ffolliot Willis, 1956 formerly lent to Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon; transferred to Clevedon Court in 1984
Credit line
Bequest of Col. Richard Ffolliot Willis, 1956 formerly lent to Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon; transferred to Clevedon Court
Makers and roles
Albert Ludovici the elder (1820-1894) , artist