Portrait of Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope
Artist
Tilly Kettle
(British, 1734 - 1786)
Dateca.1768
Object number58.0041
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions84 5/8 × 55 1/8 in. (215 × 140 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
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Not on viewDescriptionIn this full-length portrait, Lady Stanhope's attire indicates how fashionable Indian textiles and styles of clothing were in England during the second half of the eighteenth century, as a result of the success of the East India Company. Lady Stanhope wears a white gown embroidered with gold flowers, tied with a fitted gold sash around the waist. Her pink, taffeta silk coat and Indian-style gold slippers also show the profound influence the culture had on British art of the period. Kettle would later travel to India, further immersing himself in the country's influences.
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