Lot Essay
The sitter was the eldest daughter of William Greenwood of Brockwood Park, Hampshire, she married Charles Biggs Calmady (d. 1855) of Langdon Hall, Devon, in 1816.
Portrait of Emily Calmady (1794-1855), half-length, in a white dress holding a flower, a landscape beyond
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George Henry Harlow (1787-1819)
Portrait of Emily Calmady (1794-1855), half-length, in a white dress holding a flower, a landscape beyond
signed 'G.H. Harlow' (lower right) and with inscription 'Emily Calmady, wife of Charles Biggs Calmady &/eldest daughter of William Greenwood of Brookwood/Park Hampshire - born 1794. Married 1816./Painted by Harlow - 1817./Emily Calmady. 1844.' (on an old label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
35½ x 27¾in. (90 x 70.5cm.)
Portrait of Emily Calmady (1794-1855), half-length, in a white dress holding a flower, a landscape beyond
signed 'G.H. Harlow' (lower right) and with inscription 'Emily Calmady, wife of Charles Biggs Calmady &/eldest daughter of William Greenwood of Brookwood/Park Hampshire - born 1794. Married 1816./Painted by Harlow - 1817./Emily Calmady. 1844.' (on an old label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
35½ x 27¾in. (90 x 70.5cm.)