Jane Benson, Mrs Henry Hoare (d.1742)
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700 - 1742 (death of sitter)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732195
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Jane Benson, Mrs Henry Hoare (d.1742) attributed to Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745). A half-length painted oval portrait of the wife of Henry Hoare I, looking slightly to the left but her head to the right. She wears a pink dress and a blue cloak over her left shoulder.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745), artist