Lady Cunliffe

1781/1782

John Hoppner

Artist, British, 1758 - 1810

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Josephine Tompkins

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.7 x 64 cm (30 3/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
    framed: 98.1 x 85.7 cm (38 5/8 x 33 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1979.65.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Painted for the sitter's husband, Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Bt. [1755-1834], Acton Park, Wrexham, Denbighshire; by descent to Sir Robert Cunliffe, 7th Bt. [1884-1949]. Possibly (Lewis and Simmons, New York, London and Paris, 1928). Mrs. Vivian B. Allen, New York; by descent c. 1962 to her granddaughter, Josephine Tomkins, New York; gift to NGA, 1979.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1782

  • Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1782, no. 89, as Portrait of a Young Lady.

1877

  • Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1877, no. 266.

1894

  • Fair Women, Grafton Galleries, London, 1894, no. 82.

Bibliography

1782

  • London Courant, 4 May 1782.

1909

  • Mckay, William and William Roberts. John Hoppner, R.A.. London, 1909: 60, 310; Supplement, 1914.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 207, repro., as Lady Harriet Cunliffe

1991

  • Wilson, John Human. "The Life and Art of John Hoppner (1758-1810)." Ph.D. diss., Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1991.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 129-131, repro. 131.

Wikidata ID

Q20179073

You may be interested in

Loading Results