Mary Bold, Mrs Thomas III Hunt (1740 - 1824)
Joseph Wright of Derby (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1765
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884971
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Bold, Mrs Thomas III Hunt (1740 - 1824) by Joseph Wright of Derby, ARA, (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797), circa 1765. A half-length portrait, in painted oval of the wife of Thomas Hunt III (1721 - 88), to the left but head turned and facing, wearing a blue dress with a red stole over her left arm, ribbon round her neck.
Provenance
by descent, until given by Gerald, 7th Viscount Clifden (1883 - 1966), with the transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953
Credit line
Lanhydrock, The Robartes Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(on gilt label on frame) MARY, w. of Thomas Hunt.
Makers and roles
Joseph Wright of Derby (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797), artist
References
Lanhydrock Cornwall [National Trust; Jeremy Pearson], 1995, 1997, p.24 Lanhydrock Cornwall [National Trust;Paul Holden], 2007, p.30