Elizabeth Ambrose, Mrs Hugh Eccles
British (Irish) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1740 - 1745
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 622 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
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Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836216
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Ambrose, Mrs Hugh Eccles, Irish School (possibly John Lewis, active 1744-1757), circa 1740/45. An oval painted portrait of the daughter of Isaac Ambrose, and wife of Hugh Eccles, mother of Isaac Ambrose Eccles, wearing a blue satin and lace gown with pearl detail, and a yellow satin wrap. She wears pearl earrings and hair ornaments.
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 possibly John Lewis (fl. 1744 - 1757), artist