Lady Isabella Bennet, Duchess of Grafton (1667 – 1723) and her Son Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Earl of Euston, later 2nd Duke of Grafton , KG, PC, FRS (1683–1757)
after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1692
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
970 x 628 mm
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851749
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Isabella Bennet, Duchess of Grafton (1667 – 1723) and her son Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Earl of Euston, later 2nd Duke of Grafton , KG, PC, FRS (1683–1757), after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), around 1692. Inscribed on stone bench 'The Duchess of Grafton and her son'. Two full-length figures in a landscape. The Duchess wears a low-cut whitish grey dress, with elbow-length sleeves and a dark grey mantle draped from her right arm, across the waist and trailing down her left side; light brown hair falling over her right shoulder. Her right elbow leans upon a stone parapet, her head resting lightly on her hand. On the left below, sits her son. White open-necked shirt showing beneath a red tunic coat, light brown open sandals; long brown hair. His right hand rests on the stone bench. Very dim outline of buildings behind the figures, warm brown landscape with river on right, pinkish cloudy sky beyond.
Provenance
Probably by descent from Isabella Hervey, granddaughter of Sir Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, to Frederick, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863–1951), after which accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury, and allocated to the National Trust in 1956
Credit line
Ickworth, The Bristol Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1956)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on stone bench - 'The Duchess of Grafton and her son'.
Makers and roles
after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist