Elizabeth Davers, Countess of Bristol (1730-1800) and her Daughter Lady Louisa Theodosia Hervey, later Countess of Liverpool (1770-1821) (after Antonio de Bittio)
Dorofield Hardy (active 1882 – 1920)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1909 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851829.1
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Davers, Countess of Bristol (1730-1800) and her Daughter Lady Louisa Theodosia Hervey, later Countess of Liverpool (1770-1821) (after Antonio de Bittio) by Dorofield Hardy (active 1882 – 1920), signed and dated, bottom right: Dorofield Hardy, 1909. Bookmark annotated 'Au de Bittie Px'. The mother seated on a red upholstered chair with moulded wooden frame. She has short, straight brown hair, and is wearing a lace headdress tied below her chin, and a long green dress with matching ribbon edging and long lace cuffs from the elbows. The child has short brown hair and is wearing a whitish cap edged with lace and with a red bow in the centre. She has a white bodice with a red sash and brown skirt. Both are pointing to an open book resting on the mother's knees. Unframed. A copy of NT 851829.2 in Museum Room.
Provenance
Commissioned by the 4th Marquess (1863-1951) & Marchioness (1875-1957) in 1909; on his death accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury, along with Ickworth and the rest of its contents, 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed bottom right 'Dorofield Hardy, 1909'.
Makers and roles
Dorofield Hardy (active 1882 – 1920), artist after Antonio de Bittio (1722 - 1797), artist