Rhoda May Baird (1834-1913) and Sophia Eliza Baird (1836-1874)
William Gush (fl.1833 - 1874)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 648 mm (30 x 25 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624191
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Rhoda Mary Baird (1834-1913) and Sophia Eliza Baird (1836-1874) by William Gush (fl.1833-1874), circa 1850. Rhoda and Sophia were the daughters of Captain James Baird the first husband of Rhoda Susan Willis (1809-1873) who married as her second husband Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Bt MP (1818-1883). Rhoda married the Rev John Edward Coulson (1825-1915). Portraits of two young women, half-lengths, Rhoda on the left with her left arm around Sophia's shoulders. Rhoda is turned slightly to the right and is gazing at spectator whilst Sophia has her head inclined to the right and is looking down to the right. Both have long brown hair falling in ringlets on their shoulders, both are dressed in white, Rhoda on the left with a brown shawl around her arms and Sophia with a blue bow at the neckline, landscape background with trees with a distant view of the sky on the right.
Provenance
Accepted in lieu of tax 1995 from the estate of Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 -1995) and transferred to The National Trust in 1998
Credit line
Clevedon Court, The Elton Collection (accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to The National Trust in 1998)
Makers and roles
William Gush (fl.1833 - 1874), artist
References
Clevedon Court [The National Trust] revised 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, p.28: "The State Room...To the left of the door hangs a double portrait by William Gush, of Rhoda May and Sophia Eliza Baird, daughter of Dame Rhoda by a former marriage."