The Woolaston White Children (inspired by Van Dyck)
after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1067 x 1016 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 709294
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Woolaston White Children, after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), 18th century, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641). The Woolaston White children . The two girls are wearing white lace-trimmed dresses with flowers in their hair, their brother wearing a pink silk suit and leaning on a column, a King Charles spaniel at his feet, in a landscape. Lydia, one of the sisters became the mother of James White Worsley who inherited Ormesby in 1853 after the death of the 7th Baronet. Overmantel over fireplace.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Colonel James W. Pennyman (1883 – 1961)
Credit line
Ormesby Hall, The Pennyman Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), publisher after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), publisher