Anne Talbot, Lady Ivory (1665-1720)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - circa 1730
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1251 x 1010 mm (49 1/4 x 39 3/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996334
Caption
Anne Ivory was the daughter of Sir John Talbot (1630 – 1714) and his second wife, Barbara Slingbsy. She married Sir John Ivory (1655-95), of New Ross, County Wexford. Their son, John Ivory Talbot (?1691 – 1772) inherited the house and estate directly from his grandfather.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Anne Talbot, Lady Ivory (1665-1720), English School, circa 1720-1730. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated by a stone balustrade, turned slightly to the right, her head facing the viewer. She wears a blue dress and rests her left arm on a stone ledge, on which is draped a red curtain. A landscape opens out to the left.
Full description
The inscription on the back of the canvas is similar to that on P/34 (Enoch Seeman the Younger, Mary Luce Davenport) and P/73 (English School, The Hon. Hariote Yelverton).
Provenance
given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clarke) (1871 – 1958), who gave Lacock Abbey, its essential contents, and the village and estate of Lacock to the National Trust in 1944, and the pictures in 1948.
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso : Barb. and William Davenport, 1738 Inscribed on front of canvas, bottom right: Anne Daughter / of Sir J Ivory
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist attributed to British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as manner of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist