Portrait of Anne Law (née Towry), 1st Lady Ellenborough
c. 1821
John Linnell
John Linnell (British, 1792–1882)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of Anne Law (née Towry), 1st Lady Ellenborough, c. 1821. John Linnell (British, 1792–1882). Watercolor on ivory heightened with gum arabic; framed: 23.4 x 20.7 cm (9 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.); unframed: 11.3 x 8.5 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2010.461 Lady Ellenborough was described as “so exceedingly lovely, that passengers would linger to watch her watering the flowers—such was the fashion of the day—on the balcony of their house in Bloomsbury Square.”
- Maker/Artist
- Linnell, John, the elder
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory heightened with gum arabic
- Medium
- watercolor, ivory, heightened, gum, arabic
- Dimensions
- Framed: 23.4 x 20.7 cm (9 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.); Unframed: 11.3 x 8.5 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 2010.461
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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