THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1734-1806)
Portrait of the Countess of Shannon, half-length, wearing a white dress
Details
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1734-1806)
Portrait of the Countess of Shannon, half-length, wearing a white dress
with inscription 'Countess of Shannon/daughter of Rt Hon John Ponsonby/by Hamilton 1778' (on the backing)
pencil, watercolour and coloured chalks, oval
8 7/8 x 7 1/8in. (22.5 x 18cm.)
Portrait of the Countess of Shannon, half-length, wearing a white dress
with inscription 'Countess of Shannon/daughter of Rt Hon John Ponsonby/by Hamilton 1778' (on the backing)
pencil, watercolour and coloured chalks, oval
8 7/8 x 7 1/8in. (22.5 x 18cm.)
Provenance
Lord Lismore; Marsh of Cork, Shanbally Castle sale, Sept. 1935, lot 192.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.