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Description

Portrait of Henrietta (Harriet Robinson, d. 1826) half-length, seated in a landscape oil on canvas, in a period gilt frame surmounted by a carved Viscountess' coronet upon a tasselled cushion 76 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 tension is stiff. The painting has some prominent drying cracks in a vertical orientation which have darkened and would have formed as the paint layers dried. The paint layers are stable overall. There are areas of retouching mainly located in the background and sitter's hair. The varnish is yellowed, dull and matte. The frame is in a sound condition.

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