Elizabeth Pennington, Mrs John Archer, later Mrs Thomas Peter Strickland (b. 1679)
attributed to Hamlet Winstanley (Warrington 1698 - Warrington 1756)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1735
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
735 x 610 mm
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998438
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Pennington, Mrs John Archer, later Mrs Thomas Peter Strickland (b. 1679), English School, attributed to Hamlet Winstanley (Warrington 1698 - Warrington 1756), circa 1735. A half-length portrait in oval trompe l'oeil surround; sitter wears blue robe. Daughter of Sir William Pennington of Muncaster. 2nd wife of Thomas Peter Strickland. The daughter of Sir William Pennington, 1st Bt (1655–1730) and Isabella Stapleton. She was first married to Dr John Archer (d.1735) of Oxenholme, and then to Thomas Peter Strickland as his second wife.This picture was probably painted during her first marriage, by a painter born and based in Warrington.
Provenance
Given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950
Makers and roles
attributed to Hamlet Winstanley (Warrington 1698 - Warrington 1756), artist British (English) School, artist possibly Bartholomew Dandridge (bap. London 1691 – London 1755), artist