Lot Essay
The original painting by Charles Jervas, c. 18718, after which the present portrait derives, is on loan to Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, from the Dulwich Picture Gallery (inv. no. DPG567).
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Details
Christian Friedrich Zincke (Anglo-German, 1683/1684-1767) after Charles Jervas (Irish, c. 1675-1739)
Dorothy Townshend, née Walpole (1686-1726), daughter of Robert Walpole (1650-1700) and second wife of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674-1738)
Enamel; oval, 52 mm. high, gold frame
Dorothy Townshend, née Walpole (1686-1726), daughter of Robert Walpole (1650-1700) and second wife of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674-1738)
Enamel; oval, 52 mm. high, gold frame
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1979, lot 84.
Exhibited
From 2005 to 2017 on loan to the museum of the Residenz, Munich, Portrait Miniatures Gallery, case III, no. 6.
Brought to you by
Alasdair Young