Lady Harriet Fox-Strangways, Mrs Acland (1750-1815) crossing the River Hudson to the American lines, presenting her safe conduct
Robert Pollard (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755/6 – London 1839)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
c. 1784
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
495 x 641 mm (19 1/2 x 25 1/4)
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 922301
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Harriet Fox-Strangways, Mrs Acland (1750-1815) crossing the River Hudson to the American lines, presenting her safe conduct, Robert Pollard (1755/6-1839) c.1784. Inscribed: LADY HARRIOT ACKLAND, during the AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, Oct.1777. R. POLLARD Pinxt. Stormy cloudy sky over a river scene. On the left rocky bank a soldier aims his rifle to the right, behind him a row of tents with flag flying. In the centre stretching to the far horizon, a river with rocky outcrops, and in the centre on a rowing boat is Lady Harriet Acland (1750-1815) the daughter of Stephen Fox, 1st Earl of Ilchester and Elizabeth Horner and wife of Colonel John Dyke Acland (1746-1778), accompanied by an army chaplain dressed in black holding up a white flag, an elderly lady in black with a black bonnet and a man holding the oars. Lady Harriet is dressed in a red riding-habit composed of a coat and skirt with a black hat and is entreating the soldier on the left by showing him a letter of safe-conduct which she holds in her right hand. On the banks of the river on the right, are rocks and trees.
Provenance
Purchased from the Maas Gallery in 1992
Marks and inscriptions
Gilt tablet on frame:: Inscribed: LADY HARRIOT ACKLAND, during the AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, Oct.1777. R. POLLARD Pinxt.
Makers and roles
Robert Pollard (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755/6 – London 1839), artist possibly Robert Pollard (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755/6 – London 1839), artist
References
Killerton House, Devon, 2000 [The National Trust] 2000, p.15
