Samuel Hawksett Oil Painting on Canvas "The Marchioness of Donegall"

Item Details

An oil painting on canvas titled The Marchioness of Donegall by Samuel Hawksett (British, 1776-185) executed in June of 1837. Depicted is a portrait of the marchioness, Anna May (?-1849), the wife of Sir George Augustus Chichester (1769-1844), 2nd Marquess of Donegall. Anna May was styled as Marchioness of Donegall on January 5, 1799. Here she is shown in her elder years with a lace bonnet, black dress, and red shaw wrapped around her arms. She gazes outward with blue-grey toned deep set eyes and tightly pursed lips. To the verso is an inscription, ‘The Marchioness of Donegall/ Painted by Samuel Hawksett/ Inver Laine June 1837.’ George Rowney & Co stamp to the verso, ‘Growney & Co. Manifacturers, 61 Rathbone Place, London.’ Presented without glass and housed in reeded gesso frame decorated with black lacquer and a gilt sight.

Samuel Hawksett was born in 1776 and practiced his work in Belfast, Ireland, where he excelled in portrait painting. He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) in Dublin between 1826 and 1834. He was a member of the Association of Artists in Belfast until his death in 1851.

Condition

- to fair; age appropriate conditions; signs of aggressive cleaning throughout; fluoresces under UV throughout; over painting to the facial area and some spots throughout; patches to the canvas to the top left and lower right corners; old in painting to the right side; scratches and marks present throughout the frame.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; canvas size 30" W x 36" H.

Item #

17DCC175-637