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DiaporamaIsabella,Viscountess Molyneux, later Countess of Sefton
Acrylic On Canvas- WallArt
- Romantic Landscape
1769- 19th Century
1550.0 x 2360.0 cm
Walker Art Gallery
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788): Explore the elegant portraits & landscapes of this British master, Royal Academy founder & influence on Constable.
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Home to one of the world's finest Pre-Raphaelite collections, Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery offers an unmissable journey through Renaissance masters and British modernism that invites you to explore its timeless beauty.
Isabella Stanhope, daughter of the Earl of Harrington, married Viscount Molyneux of Croxteth Hall in November 1768. Soon afterwards the couple went to Bath, where the Viscountess sat for the city’s great painter of fashionable society. Gainsborough had just been elected to the newly founded Royal Academy in London, and in this portrait he seeks to impress a London audience. The scale and placement of the figure conveys her elegance and even a touch of preciosity. Gainsborough has lavished his skill on the textures of the dress and the finely observed and superbly modelled hands. There is, beneath the virtuosity, an element of care and fastidiousness which sets this work apart in Gainsborough’s society portraiture.
About this artwork
- Title: Isabella,Viscountess Molyneux, later Countess of Sefton
- Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
- Year: 1769
- Original dimensions: 1550.0 x 2360.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Walker Art Gallery
- Movement: Romantic Landscape
- Medium: Acrylic On Canvas
- Creative period: Mature Period
Quick Facts
- Artistic style: Elegant; Preciosity
- Movement: British Rococo
- Notable elements or techniques: Detailed drapery; masterful modeling of hands
- Year: 1769
- Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 1550 x 2360 cm
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