Henry Robert Morland (London c. 1716-1797)
Henry Robert Morland (London c. 1716-1797)

Portrait of Mary Tweedie (c. 1704-1784), half-length, in a blue lace-trimmed dress and white bonnet

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Henry Robert Morland (London c. 1716-1797)
Portrait of Mary Tweedie (c. 1704-1784), half-length, in a blue lace-trimmed dress and white bonnet
signed 'H.R. Morland' (lower right)
pastel
23 x 17 ¼ in. (58.4 x 43.7 cm.)
Literature
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition.

Lot Essay

Mary Tweedie was the daughter of Alexander Stevenson of Dreva and Venlaw. She married Thomas Tweedie of Quarter and Kingledoors on 1 March 1728, and bore him nine children. Her grandson, Thomas Stevenson Tweedie (1784-1855) Laird of Quarter, was Physician General in the East India Company and proprietor of indigo manufacturing concern in Bengal.

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