Nanny Booth
Juliana Pole-Carew, Lady Robartes (1812-1881)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
8 Sep 1837
Materials
Measurements
265 x 180 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890209.4
Summary
A watercolour sketch of a seated woman, Nanny Booth, wearing black bonnet and sitting on a chair with what could be a red rug half off her knees, or possibly she is sewing as she could be holding a needle in her right hand. Dated at bottom of sketch. Contained in a red and green sketch book belonging to the Hon. Juliana Pole Carew, later Lady Robartes, 1812-1881, containing watercolours of Hagley Hall, the home of the Lyttelton family, Lanhydrock and Cornish scenes. Signed and dated between 1837 - 1840.
Provenance
This sketch book was found in the house after the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953. The Hon. Juliana Pole-Carew, later Lady Robartes, 1812-1881, was the daughter of the Hon. Caroline Lyttelton from Hagley Hall, and the Hon. Reginald Pole-Carew, from Antony.
Marks and inscriptions
(bottom of page on left): (handwritten in pencil) Sept 8. Nanny Booth / 1837
Makers and roles
Juliana Pole-Carew, Lady Robartes (1812-1881), amateur artist