Portrait of Lady Alston
| Portrait of Lady Alston | |
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| Artist | Thomas Gainsborough |
| Year | 1762 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 228 cm × 166 cm (90 in × 65 in) |
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Portrait of Lady Alston is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough, from 1762. It features Anne, Lady Alston. It is held in the Louvre, in Paris.[1]
History and description
[edit]She was the wife of the John AlstonII, whom she married in 1753 and who subsequently inherited his elder brother's baronetcy. At the time Gainsborough was an established portraitist of High Society based at the spa town of Bath. He depicts her at full-length in the fashionable costume of the mid Georgian era. Her stance appears to be inspired by a seventeenth century depiction of Lady Anne Clifford by Anthony van Dyck.[2] Gainsborough's painting appeared at the British Institution exhibition in London in 1862. Today is in the collection of the Louvre, in Paris, having been offered by the Rothschild family, in 1947.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.355
- ↑ Bryant p.186-87
- ↑ "LADY ALSTON". pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- ↑ "Portrait de Lady Alston (1732-1807)". June 7, 1761 – via Musée du Louvre.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bryant, Juliua. Kenwood: Catalogue of Paintings in the Iveagh Bequest. Yale University Pewss, 2003.
- Hamilton, James. Gainsborough: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2017.
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