Miss Hopkins
British (Irish) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730 - 1740
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836166
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Miss Hopkins, British (Irish) School, c.1730/40. A three-quarter-length portrait, sitting in a landscape, with honeysuckle beside her and wearing a blue-green dress and crimson cloak, with a dog resting on her lap. According to a label on the back also called: 'Mrs Eccles, wife of Captain Eccles'.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Makers and roles
British (Irish) School, artist British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Willem Wissing (Amsterdam 1656 - Burghley House 1687), artist