Lord Grey of Groby, later 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819) and his Travelling Companion, Sir Henry Mainwaring, 4th Bt (1726-1797) (after Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland RA)
Theresia Concordia Mengs (Ústí nad Labem 1725 – Rome 1808)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1760
Materials
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
180 x 165 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932363
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour painting on ivory, Lord Grey of Groby, later 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819) and Sir Henry Mainwaring (1726-1797) by Theresia Concordia Mengs (Ústí nad Labem 1725 – Rome 1808) (after Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland RA), 1760. Rectangular. Two full-length portraits, Mainwaring on the left, standing, turned to the right, speaking to his companion, wearing a blue coat with gold braiding, a scarlet waistcoat also with gold braiding, wearing a tricorn hat, Lord Grey sitting on a stone seat on the right, turned to the left, wearing a scarlet coat with gold braiding with his tricorn hat held on his right knee. Rocks and vegetation behind him, distant view of a city on the left which is dominated by a domed building, cloudy sky. Mainwaring was Lord Grey's travel companion and lived at Peckover Hall, Cheshire. This is a miniature version of the painting depicting Lord Grey and Sir Henry Mainwaring by Nathaniel Dance (NT 932400).
Makers and roles
Theresia Concordia Mengs (Ústí nad Labem 1725 – Rome 1808), miniaturist after Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, RA (London 1735 - Winchester 1811), artist
Exhibition history
Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, Wildenstein & Co., London, 1982, no.35