Lot Essay
The sitter was the daughter of William Willoughby Cole, 2nd Baron and 1st Earl of Enniskillen. She married in 1797 Blayney Townley Balfour, M.P. of Townley Hall, Drogheda, Co. Louth
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
John Hoppner, R.A. (1758-1810)
Details
John Hoppner, R.A. (1758-1810)
Portrait of Lady Florence Balfour (1778-1862), seated half-length, in a white dress and ochre shawl and a green headband
with inscription 'the lovely loving and beloved/Lady Florence Balfour/aged 26 née Cole/1805' on the reverse;
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm.)
Portrait of Lady Florence Balfour (1778-1862), seated half-length, in a white dress and ochre shawl and a green headband
with inscription 'the lovely loving and beloved/Lady Florence Balfour/aged 26 née Cole/1805' on the reverse;
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm.)
Provenance
by descent to
Blayney R.T. Balfour Esq., Townley Hall, Drogheda
Blayney R.T. Balfour Esq., Townley Hall, Drogheda
Literature
W. McKay and W. Roberts, John Hoppner RA, London and New York, 1914, p. 12
Exhibited
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Winter Exhibition of Old Masters, 1902-3, no. 5