PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH WHITE, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A YELLOW DRESS PICKING A ROSE, HER LEFT HAND RESTING ON A BASKET OF FLOWERS, IN A LANDSCAPE

ELIZABETH WHITE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF HENRY WHITE AND HIS WIFE MARY, DAUGHTER OF JOHN CAWTHORNE, AND THE YOUNGER SISTER OF WILLIAM WHITE, FOR WHOM SEE THE PREVIOUS LOT. SHE WAS BAPTISED AT LANCASTER ON 6 NOVEMBER 1752. SHE MARRIED REV. OLIVER MARTON (D. 1794), VICAR OF LANCASTER.

THIS PORTRAIT WOULD APPEAR TO DATE FROM CIRCA 1761-2.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALEXANDER KIDSON AND DR. MARY BURKETT FOR THEIR HELP IN CATALOGUING THIS PORTRAIT.