A Young Woman as 'Lavinia'
attributed to Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1802 - 1845
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
965 x 775 mm (38 x 30 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872219
Caption
Lavinia was the heroine from Autumn part of James Thomson's poem The Seasons (1726-31) who harvested the corn in the fields of Palemon who fell in love with her. She is wearing an olive green dress and sitting in a field, looking to the left, holding a sheaf of corn in her left hand. Frances Talbot married the 1st Earl of Morley as his second wife in 1809.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Young Woman as 'Lavinia' attributed to Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845) after John Opie. She is wearing an olive green dress and sitting in a field, looking to the left, holding a sheaf of corn in her left hand. Lavinia is the heroine of 'Autumn' from James Thomson's poem The Seasons (1726-31) who harvested the corn in the fields of Palemon who fell in love with her. A Parker family tradition identifies the sitter as Frances Talbot, Lady Morley (1782-1857) who married the 1st Earl of Morley as his second wife in 1809. This same tradition identifies the picture as a copy by Thomas Phillips of a painting exhibited by John Opie as 'Miss Talbot' in 1802.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962)
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845), artist after John Opie, RA (St Agnes 1761 – London 1807), artist