John Hoppner, R.A. (1758-1810)

Portrait of Mrs Frances Jerningham as Hebe, bust-length, in a white dress and yellow shawl

Details

John Hoppner, R.A. (1758-1810)
Portrait of Mrs Frances Jerningham as Hebe, bust-length, in a white dress and yellow shawl
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (62.2 x 45.8 cm.)

Provenance

By descent to the 11th Lord Stafford (+), Costessey Hall, Norwich; Christie's, 5 July 1907, lot 104, (250 gns. to A. Weel).
Capt. R. Langton Douglas; Christie's, 31 May 1935, lot 86 (unsold at 105 gns.).
Mrs Crisp; Christie's, 18 June 1954, lot 159 (18 gns. to Crook).

Literature

W. McKay and W. Roberts, John Hoppner, R.A., London, 1914, p. 138.

Lot Essay

Frances Henrietta, was the youngest daughter and co-heiress of Edward Sulyarde, of Haughley Park, Suffolk, and Wetherden, Essex. She married Sir George William Stafford Jerningham, 7th Bt., and later 8th Baron Stafford (1771-1851), as his first wife, on 26 December 1799. This picture is a finished study for the head and shoulders of the full-length portrait of Mrs. Jerningham, which originally belonged to Lord Stafford of Costessey Hall, Norwich.

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