Alice Mary Darby, later Mrs Francis Alexander Wolryche-Whitmore (1852-1931) and her brother Alfred Darby as children
Sir John Gilbert RA (Blackheath 1817 – Blackheath 1897)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1852
Materials
Pastel on paper glazed in a giltwood frame
Measurements
825 x 695 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 813575
Summary
Pastel, Alice Mary Darby, later Mrs Francis Alexander Wolryche-Whitmore (1852-1931) and her brother Alfred Darby as children by John Gilbert RA (Blackheath 1817 – Blackheath 1897). Portrait of Alice Mary and Alfred Darby, one child standing to right wearing black dress and holding an open book, other other sits on Louis XVI style chair, in white dress with black bows on shoulder. Basket of flowers to left. White card mount and glazed in giltwood frame with corner decoration.
Provenance
Darby collection.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom centre: J Gilbert 1852 (signed and dated bottom centre)
Makers and roles
Sir John Gilbert RA (Blackheath 1817 – Blackheath 1897), artist