Elizabeth Dowling, Mrs Edward Holmes (d.1921)
Mary Dowling, Mrs William Penny
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1860
Materials
Watercolour on card
Measurements
456 x 377 mm
Place of origin
Cheltenham
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882250
Summary
Watercolour on card, Elizabeth Dowling, Mrs Edward Holmes (d.1921) by Mary Dowling, Mrs William Penny (1818-1910) - Three quarter length watercolour of a dark haired woman standing, wearing white dress with blue belt, her hands together holding flower?.
Provenance
from the bequest of Miss Kathleen Penny, Croydon, 2004, who was daughter of Arthur Pawle Penny, son of Mary who painted the portrait and nephew of Elizabeth Holmes, the sitter. Elizabeth married Edward Holmes who was the grandson of the Rev. Edward Holmes who married Miss Dickinson, c.1784, daughter of the Rev. Timothy Dickinson, brother of Caleb, grandfather of Mary Dickinson who married Thomas Charles, 2nd Lord Robartes and 6th Viscount Clifden. See family tree on file.
Makers and roles
Mary Dowling, Mrs William Penny, artist