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At the beginning of September 1807, Constable was commissioned by the Dysarts of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, to make copies of portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Hoppner and Daniel Gardner. In this portrait Constable adapts to a half-length format, an oval portrait of Elizabeth Lewis picking flowers in a wooded landscape painted by Daniel Gardner, a work which is last recorded in the collection of Asher Wertheimer in 1921.
Elizabeth, Lady Croft (1755-1815), was a daughter of David Lewis of Malvern Hall, Warwickshire, and sister of Magdalena, Countess of Dysart, and Henry Greswold Lewis. On 25 September 1795, she married the author Sir Herbert Croft, 5th Bt.
Elizabeth, Lady Croft (1755-1815), was a daughter of David Lewis of Malvern Hall, Warwickshire, and sister of Magdalena, Countess of Dysart, and Henry Greswold Lewis. On 25 September 1795, she married the author Sir Herbert Croft, 5th Bt.