Possibly Elizabeth Cole, as a Child
British (Irish) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
761 x 635 mm
Place of origin
Ireland
Order this imageCollection
Florence Court, County Fermanagh
NT 631044
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Elizabeth Cole as a Child, British (Irish) School, 1720s. A three-quarter length portrait of a young girl, to left, facing, proper left hand on lap-dog on ledge beside her, wearing red dress, with lace-edged white stomacher and pinafore.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Nancy, Dowager Countess of Enniskillen (1917 – 1998) before her death, August 1997
Credit line
Florence Court, The Enniskillen Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Labels on reverse, lower centre: 1.: Elizabeth Cole daughter of first Lord Mountflorence. 2.: Elizabeth Cole, daughter of William Willoughby Montgomery of Fermanagh, wife of first Lord Mountflorence, married John Cole (later 1st Lord Mountflorence) b 1728, died 1771 (label on reverse in pencil and pen, corrected several times,)
Makers and roles
British (Irish) School, artist British (English) School, artist