Barbara Ivory, Mrs Henry III Davenport (d.1748)
attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - circa 1730
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1003 mm (49 x 39 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996340
Caption
Barbara Ivory was the daughter of Sir John Ivory (1655 – 95) and Anne Talbot (1665 – 1720), and sister of John Ivory Talbot (?1691 – 1772), who inherited Lacock. She married Henry Davenport of Worfield, Shropshire (1677 – 1731), as his second wife. Their son, the Rev. William Davenport (1725 – 1781) married his cousin, Martha Talbot (c.1722 – 1790), who had inherited Lacock from her brother. The inscription on the painting describing her as the daughter of William Davenport is incorrect. The pose of Barbara is remarkably similar to a portrait of Anne Ivory, her mother, also in the collection. D’Agar was a Parisian artist, who settled in London, who painted in the style of Michael Dahl. He also painted, as a pair to this picture, a portrait of her husband, Henry III Davenport.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Barbara Ivory, Mrs Henry III Davenport (d. 1748), attributed to Charles d'Agar (1699 - 1723), circa 1720-1730, inscribed with the name of the sitter (incorrectly, as daughter of William Davenport). A three-quarter-length, seated portrait of Barbara Ivory, second wife of Henry Davenport and sister of John Ivory Talbot. She is shown wearing a brown dress over a white chemise, her left arm resting on a stone table. A curtain is draped over the table to the right, and a landsape opens up to the left.
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
attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723), artist British (English) School, artist