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Sir John HoppnerPortrait of Lady Bagot - Niece to the Duke of Wellington1807
1807
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About the Item
The sitter is Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesly-Pole, eldest daughter of William, 4th Earl of Mornington and niece to the Duke of Wellington. This is one of Hoppner's best works. The sitter is a beautiful young woman painted in an elegant style with impressionist brushstrokes describing the background. Frame is a rare hand-carved a period British Rococo frame with plaque. You can find a Hoppner hanging in the Frick Collection next to Sir joshua reynolds and John Constable.
The painting was sold in 1924 to John Ford of Detroit for a sum of $30,000.
$30,000 in 1924 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $456,971.93 today, an increase of $426,971.93 over 97 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.85% per year between 1924 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,423.24%.
Engraved in mezzotint by J.C. Webb, 1904.
Provenance:
Property of John B. Ford Marital Trust. Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole, eldest daughter of William, 4th Earl of Mornington and niece to the Duke of Wellington, was born in 1786 and married in 1806 to Sir Charles Bagot, Under Secretary for the State for Foreign Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ambassador to St. Petersburg, The Hague and Vienna - also Governor General of Canada.
Sir Alan Desmond Bagot, Bt., of Levens Hall, Milnthorpe, Westmorland
M. Knoedler & Co.
Exhibitions:
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.'s Gallery, London, 1904, number 11, lent by Colonel Bagot, M.P.
Literature:
'Hoppner' by McKay and Roberts, facing page 10, and catalogued there on page 10: 'A charmingly painted picture.'M
- Creator:Sir John Hoppner (1758 - 1810, British)
- Creation Year:1807
- Dimensions:Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:1780-1789
- Condition:Some small losses on a few the extreme edges to the period English rococo frame otherwise work presents very well.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38538728172
Sir John Hoppner
Nominally the son of a German doctor and a Lady in Waiting to the Princess of Wales, John Hoppner was dogged by rumours that he was the illegitimate son of the future King George III. No strong evidence has ever been discovered to support the allegation, but it is true that in his education and early career Hoppner benefited from a considerable degree of royal sponsorship. He was brought up as a child of the Chapel Royal, tutored in the Royal Library where King George paid great attention to his progress and finally presented with an allowance from the royal purse in order that he might establish himself as a painter. His early success justified these attentions, and he won a Gold Medal at the Royal Academy Schools in 1782, exhibiting frequently from 1780 until the year before his death. In 1789 he was appointed painter to the Prince of Wales, many of whose circle he painted. His early works display a great debt to the later portraits of Reynolds, but he soon developed an individual style that is distinguished by bravura and vivacity, combined with a strong feeling of character. From the 1790s he was also the only serious rival to the young Lawrence and with him was responsible for painting the finest Romantic portraits of the Regency period. These works (of which the present portrait is a fine example) show a deliberate move away from the classicism of Reynolds, towards a more emotionally engaging yet naturalistic image.

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