Possibly Anne Talbot, Lady Ivory (1665-1720)
attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - circa 1730
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
826 x 1207 mm (32 1/2 x 47 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996342
Caption
Anne Ivory was the daughter of Sir John Talbot (1630 – 1714), owner of Lacock, 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. D’Agar was a Parisian artist, who settled in London, who painted in the style of Michael Dahl. It seems probable that he also painted portraits of her daughter, Barbara, and her son-in-law, Henry Davenport, which are also at Lacock.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Anne Talbot, Lady Ivory (1665-1720), attributed to Charles d'Agar (1699-1723), circa 1720-1730. A half-length portrait of a woman in a landscape, wearing a blue dress and a red cloak, her left arm resting on a marble table over which a gold curtain is draped. 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. D’Agar was a Parisian artist, who settled in London, who painted in the style of Michael Dahl. It seems probable that he also painted portraits of her daughter, Barbara, and her son-in-law, Henry Davenport (m. August 8th 1715 at St Cyriac's Church, Lacock), which are also at Lacock.
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 previously catalogued as manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist