Lady Mary Caroline Hervey, Countess Erne (1753-1842)
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Dublin 1739/40 - Dublin 1808)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1770 - 1808
Materials
Pastel on paper
Measurements
24 x 19.5 cm
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851710.2
Summary
Pastel on paper, Lady Mary Caroline Hervey, Countess Erne (1753-1842) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Dublin 1736 – Dublin 1808). Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the right, head inclined to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a white turban and fichu, frizzy powdered hair
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.
Makers and roles
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Dublin 1739/40 - Dublin 1808)