Mary Elizabeth Davenport, Mrs John Mytton
Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - 1738
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
737 x 610 mm (29 x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996301
Caption
Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Davenport (1677 – 1731) by his first wife Mary Chardin. Enoch Seeman was a ‘second tier’ portraitist, who was trained by his father in Danzig and brought to London at a young age.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Elizabeth Davenport, Mrs John Mytton, Enoch Seeman the Younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), inscribed on back of canvas: Barb and Willm Davenport 1738. Given by MLD. A half-length painted oval portrait, facing, in white satin dress with blue cloak over her left shoulder
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
Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), artist