John Hoppner
The Countess of Darnley and her Daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bligh

The Countess of Darnley and her Daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bligh

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The Countess of Darnley and her Daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bligh
ArtistEnglish, 1758–1810
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Countess of Darnley and her Daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bligh
Datec. 1795
PlaceEngland
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall (Sight): 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Pauline Ickelheimer
Object number54.1
Not on view

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ProvenancePauline Ickelheimer, New York; donated to the museum in 1953 and 1954.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: By the Earl of Darnley, Royal Academy, London, 1877, No. 253.

Exhibited: "Tenth Annual exhibition 22 pictures of Old English Masters," Thomas Agnew & Sons., London, 1904, No. 3.

Exhibited: Loan exhibition of Old Masters, M. Knoedler & Co. New York, 1912

Exhibited: Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 1955.

Exhibited:

Exhibited: "British Painting," Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 1957

Exhibited: "Portraiture: The 129th and 20th Centuries," The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, March 31, 1957,; The Baltimore Museum of Art, May 14, 1957; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, July 1, 1957; and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, September 1, 1957.

Exhibited: "A Summer of Children," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (In the Junior Gallery), June 20 - August 23, 1970.,

Loan: Exchange loan to Mr. & Mrs. James Ketelson, Houston, TX, from 11-11-94 to 3-28-95 (in exchange for loans to the MFAH exhibition "American Painters in the Age of Impressionism," 12-4-94 to 3-26-95)(LN:94.42)

Loan: Exchange loan to Mr. & Mrs. James Ketelsen, Houston, TX,, Sep. 29 to Nov. 10, 1998, in exchange for their loan of Sargent's "Countess of Essex" to "John Singer Sargent in Houston Collections," at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 11 to Nov. 8, 1998 (LN:98.38)


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