Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1706-1768)
attributed to Samuel Cotes (London 1734 - Chelsea 1818)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1763
Materials
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
50 x 42 mm
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851877
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1706-1768), attributed to Samuel Cotes (London 1734 – Chelsea 1818). 1763. Oval. Half-length portrait of a woman, turned to the left, gazing to the left, wearing a mauve dress edged with black fur, black fur collar, white lace head-dress. Blue eyes, grey hair, pale complexion. Grey background. Inscribed on paper at back of frame '1763, Mary Lady Dowager, Baroness of Ickworth'.
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. Possibly the same as 'a miniature portrait of Lady Hervey, in a finely carved and gilt frame' in the Strawberry Hill sale 19.5.1843, lot 57. Horace Walpole was a tremendous admirer of Lady Hervey and this miniature may perhaps have come from his collection at Strawberry Hill. Richard Walker 1991.
Makers and roles
attributed to Samuel Cotes (London 1734 - Chelsea 1818), artist