A Young Woman in a Feather Hat (after Hoare of Bath)
The Hon. Henrietta Molesworth, The Hon. Mrs John Staples (1745-1812)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
546 x 432 mm (framed)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836225
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Young Woman in a Feather Hat (after Hoare of Bath), by The Hon. Henrietta Molesworth, later the Hon. Mrs John Staples (1745-1812). A head-and-shoulders portrait of unknown girl in a wide brimmed white hat trimmed with blue ribbon, wearing a white dress and blue cloak, facing but to right.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Makers and roles
The Hon. Henrietta Molesworth, The Hon. Mrs John Staples (1745-1812), artist after William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792), artist