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Pastel

1827 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pastel portrait on brown toned paper of a mother and daughter. Framed as an oval and signed by the artist in red.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pastel
Brief description
Pastel portrait by John Hayter depicting Mrs Twining and her daughter, Ellen Martha, afterwards the wife of Sir Frederick Cleeve KCB. Great Britain, 1827.
Physical description
Pastel portrait on brown toned paper of a mother and daughter. Framed as an oval and signed by the artist in red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53cm
  • Width: 42cm
Sight size. Dimensions taken from departmental notes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • John Hayter f/ 1827 May / London (Signed and dated in red, lower right)
  • Ellen Martha Twining (and her mother) daughter of William Twining of the Bengal Medical Establishment. Born at Eltham, Kent in 1821, married in 1848 Sir Frederick Cleeve KCB, JP of Tunbridge Wells (son of Lt. Col. William Cleeve R[oyal] A[rtillery]. (Written on a label in Miss Cleeve's hand, attached to the backboard of the frame)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss R. E. Cleeve
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
P.15-1978

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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