Barbara Talbot, Viscountess Longueville (1665-1763)
after Jan van der Vaardt (Haarlem 1647 – London 1727)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
356 x 279 mm (14 x 11 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996494
Caption
Barbara Talbot was the second daughter of Sir John Talbot and Barbara Slingsby; on 11th July 1689, she married Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, created Viscount de Longueville in 1690. Their son, Talbot, was created Earl of Sussex. She died at the age of 98 at Brandon in Warwickshire where, according to the Gentleman’s Magazine, she had “resided for the last 40 years of her life, and kept up the spirit of Old English hospitality, by relieving all her poor neighbours, and every indigent person that applied at her gate” (1763, Jan. 31st).
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Barbara Talbot, Viscountess de Longueville (c.1670 - 1763), after Jan van der Vaardt (Haarlem 1647 – London 1727), early 18th century
Provenance
bought by private treaty from Petronella Dittmer, Mrs. Burnett-Brown, 2009
Credit line
Lacock Abbey (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Jan van der Vaardt (Haarlem 1647 – London 1727), artist British (English) School, artist circle of Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639 – The Hague 1684), artist