Mary Elizabeth Davenport, Mrs John Mytton (d. 1740)
studio of John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1725 - 1735
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 603 mm (29¼ x 23¾ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996297
Caption
Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Davenport (1677 – 1731) by his first wife Mary Chardin. Stylistically this portrait is close to John Vanderbank, but of not sufficient quality to be by the master himself.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Elizabeth Davenport, Mrs John Mytton (d. 1740), British (English) School, c.1725/35
Provenance
Given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark) (1871 – 1958), who gave the Abbey, the village of Lacock and the rest of the estate to the National Trust in 1944, along with 96 of the family portraits and other pictures, in 1948
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
studio of John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), artist