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Portrait of Maria Walpole
Title
[Portrait of Maria Walpole] [art original].
Production
[England], [ca. 1742]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pastel on paper ; sheet 58.4 x 45 cm
Notes
Title, date, and artist assigned by curator.
Framed in antique carved wood.
Formerly (and purchased as) a portrait of the Duchess of Gloucester, Edward Walpole's daughter Maria (1735-1807), who married the 2nd Earl Waldegrave before marrying the Duke of Gloucester. Mis-identified as such in the print version of Neil Jaffares's Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. In 2008, re-attributed in the online edition: http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Hoare.pdf.
Exhibited: "Collection Highlights: Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, May - October 2010.
Provenance
Purchased 14 June 1977, Christie's lot 197.
Biographical / Historical Note
Maria Walpole (1725?-1801) illegitimate daugher of Sir Robert Walpole, prime minister and his mistress Maria Skerrett; the daughter later became the wife of Colonel Charles Churchill. She is wearing ermine, an indication of noble status that she did not have until her father obtained for her a patent of precedence as the daughter of an earl in 1742. This portrait may have been made to mark this event.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 24, 2010
References
William Hoare. Portrait of Maria Walpole. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
William Hoare. Portrait of Maria Walpole. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Genre/Form
Portrait drawings.
Pastels (Visual works)
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