Barbara Ivory, Mrs Henry III Davenport (d.1748)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - circa 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1244 x 1009 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996355
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. This is a copy after a picture attributed to d’Agar, also at Lacock.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Barbara Ivory, Mrs Henry III Davenport (d.1748), English School, circa 1720-30. A three-quarter-length portrait of Barbara (d.1748), daughter of Sir John Ivory, who married Henry Davenport (1677-1731) as his second wife. A copy of no.75.
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
British (English) School, artist