Lot Essay
The sitter married the Hon. John Dormer (1691-1785) in 1718, but died before he succeeded his brother as 7th Baron in 1761.
THE PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE BARONESS DORMER WILL TRUST
Michael Dahl (c. 1659-1743)
Portrait of Mary (d.1739), daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt. of Parham, wife of the Hon. John Dormer, later 7th Lord Dormer, three-quarter-length, in a dress, with a blue wrap, leaning on a rock, in a landscape
Details
Michael Dahl (c. 1659-1743)
Portrait of Mary (d.1739), daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt. of Parham, wife of the Hon. John Dormer, later 7th Lord Dormer, three-quarter-length, in a dress, with a blue wrap, leaning on a rock, in a landscape
oil on canvas
48½in. x 50½in. (123.2 x 128.2cm.)
Portrait of Mary (d.1739), daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt. of Parham, wife of the Hon. John Dormer, later 7th Lord Dormer, three-quarter-length, in a dress, with a blue wrap, leaning on a rock, in a landscape
oil on canvas
48½in. x 50½in. (123.2 x 128.2cm.)
Provenance
by descent in the Dormer family.