Lady Henrietta ('Harriet') Hervey (1716-1732)
attributed to John Fayram (fl. 1723 - 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730 - circa 1732
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 839 mm (49 x 33 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851827
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Henrietta ('Harriet') Hervey (1716-1732), attributed to John Fayram (active c.1713–d.1744), circa 1730-32. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, standing, holding a cream straw hat in her left hand, her right elbow resting on a table bearing a basket of fruit. She is wearing a blue-green dress and white bodice laced in front with blue-green cuffs, and has dark hair and eyes. Trees and landscape background, with distant horizon with sky on the right.
Provenance
Given to Frederick William, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863-1951) by Mrs John Greene, whose father-in-law had bought it from Ickworth; accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of tax and transferred 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)
Makers and roles
attributed to John Fayram (fl. 1723 - 1743), publisher