Alice Frances Theodora Wythes, Marchioness of Bristol (1875-1957) as a Young Girl
Clement Burlison (Durham 1815 - Durham 1899)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1886 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1232 x 1003 mm (48 1/2 x 39 1/2 in)
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851701
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Alice Frances Theodora Wythes, Marchioness of Bristol (1875 - 1957) by Clement Burlison (Durham 1815 - Durham 1899), signed and dated, bottom left: C. Burlison / 1886 and signed on back of canvas: by C. Burlison Durham / 1886. A full-length portrait of a young girl, seated on a bench draped with a rug by a tree, wearing a short brown velvet dress with a lighter brown sash, lace cuffs and deep collar; light brown auburn hair. She has a black and white cat on her lap, a Maltese terrier beside her. Natural landscape background in muted colours. Alice Frances Theodora Wythes, Marchioness of Bristol (1875 - 1957). Daughter of George Wythes of Copped Hall, Essex, by his second wife, Rachel Henty, daughter of Robert Henty and the granddaughter and heiress of the great Victorian railway contractor, George Wythes. She married Frederick William Fane Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863 - 1951) on 8 December 1896 and had two daughters, Lady Marjorie Hervey (1898 - 1967) who married Lord John Francis Ashley Erskine and Lady Phyllis Hervey (1899 - 1990) who married Captain Duncan MacRae. She gave a large endowment for the upkeep of Ickworth, which had been accepted by the Treasury in lieu of death duties on the death of her husband in 1951.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Credit line
Ickworth, The Bristol Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1956)
Makers and roles
Clement Burlison (Durham 1815 - Durham 1899), artist