Elizabeth Massingberd, Mrs Thomas Meux (d.1738)
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1714 - 1738
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
740 x 610 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637620
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (ocatgonal), Elizabeth Massingberd, Mrs Thomas Meux (d.1738) in the manner of John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739). A head-and -shoulders portrait as a widow. Daughter of Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet. She succeeded her brother to Gunby when he died unmarried in 1723. She married Thomas Meux. Their eldest son succeeded to Gunby,assuming the name of Massingberd.
Provenance
1944, gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd.
Credit line
Gunby Hall, The Montgomery-Massingberd Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), artist