The Four Eldest Children of the Rt. Rev. Lord Arthur Charles Hervey, Bishop of Bath and Wells and Patience Singleton, Lady Hervey
Robert Thorburn, ARA (Dumfries 1818 - Tunbridge Wells 1885)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1848
Materials
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
21.5 cm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851838
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, The Four Eldest Children of the Rt. Rev. Lord Arthur Charles Hervey, Bishop of Bath and Wells and Patience Singleton, Lady Hervey by Robert Thorburn ARA (Dumfries 1818 - Tunbridge Wells 1885). 1848. Circular. Four children seated on pink sofa against dark wall with landscape to left. One child in pink, two on grey, one in very dark grey.
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
Robert Thorburn, ARA (Dumfries 1818 - Tunbridge Wells 1885)