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Description

Portrait of Henrietta Jeaffreson (d. 1826) half-length, in black, in an elaborate turban and pink roses at her breast oil on canvas 75 x 63cm

Footnote: The sitter who was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Robinson (d. 1772) married firstly Anthony, de jure 11th Viscount Gormanston, who died in 1786. She married secondly in 1794 Lieutenant General Christopher Jeaffreson of Dullingham. Provenance: By descent from the sitter, great-great-great-great-grandmother of the present owner.

Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined. The picture is in plane and the paint layer is stable. The paint surface has wide, dark drying cracks in many areas, formed as the paint layer dried. A few old losses have been retouched but not filled. There is an old varnish layer, possibly the original, which has yellowed and pooled in the texture of the paint. The frame is in a sound condition.

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