Lot Essay
Mary Townshend, the daughter of 2nd Viscount Townshend, was the sister-in-law of General Cornwallis and not as stated in the inscription.
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Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Mary Cornwallis née Townshend, half-length, in a white dress with a garland of flowers
Details
Circle of Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Mary Cornwallis née Townshend, half-length, in a white dress with a garland of flowers
with inscription 'Mary Da. of Chas/2d Vis Townshend/wife of honble Gen. Cornwallis' (upper left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Mary Cornwallis née Townshend, half-length, in a white dress with a garland of flowers
with inscription 'Mary Da. of Chas/2d Vis Townshend/wife of honble Gen. Cornwallis' (upper left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 1st. March 1985, lot 102 (as Circle of Charles Jervas)
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Sale room notice
Please note that Mary Cornwallis married the Leutenant General, the honourable Edward Cornwallis (1713-1776), governor of Gibralter in 1753. It is believed to have been sold in the Culford collection of 1824.