Frances Maria Pennyman
Mary Ellen Best (1809 - 1891)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1838
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Measurements
255 x 210 mm
Order this imageCollection
Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 707932
Summary
A watercolour portrait of Frances Maria Pennnyman, by Mary Ellen Best, dated 1838. Oval portrait of a young girl, three quarter length, seated, her fair hair in ringlets tied with pink ribbons, wearing a green and brown striped dress with green trim, holding a piece of white fabric in her hands. Signed Mary Ellen Best, March 1838. Watercolour on paper in a giltwood frame.
Makers and roles
Mary Ellen Best (1809 - 1891), artist