Mary Queen of Scots bidding Farewell to France, 1561
William Powell Frith RA (Ripon 1819 – London 1909)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1893 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
485 x 502 x 75 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
NT 869189
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Queen of Scots bidding Farewell to France, 1561 by William Powell Frith (Ripon 1819 – London 1909), 1893, exhibited at Royal Academy, signed bottom right. A female figure standing on the stern of a ship holding a handkerchief in her left hand and resting her head on her right hand. The painting does not have a former connection with Newton House. Another version, signed and dated,1851 was exhibited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1987.
Provenance
Possibly this version, formerly Christopher Wood Gallery, prior 1987; bequeathed by I.O. Chance, Colby Lodge, Amroth, Pembs.
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: signature: bottom right
Makers and roles
William Powell Frith RA (Ripon 1819 – London 1909), artist
Exhibition history
William Powell Frith: The People's Painter, The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 2019
References
The Queen's Image; A Celebration of Mary, Queen of Scots, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh 1987, final version 1892 fig. 15 and no. 35, signed and dated W P Frith 51(15 x 13 in)