Artwork Title: Portrait of Anne Howard-Vyse

Portrait of Anne Howard-Vyse, 1780

Tilly Kettle

Anne looks like she is being crushed by her enormous hat in this portrait. She is wearing a lace partlet-like garment covering her neckline. (http://www.gogmsite.net/new-content/1780-anne-howard-vyse-by.html) Kettle was one of the earliest British painters who worked in India (1769-76), where he made a fortune painting Indian princes. Until recently the subject of this painting was thought to be Lady Lucy Howard née Wentworth. However the type of hat she wears was fashionable in the 1780s indicating that this is a portrait of Anne v, Lady Lucy's daughter. This portrait is unusual in its direct frontal pose and the resolute frankness of the sitter's demeanour. The prominence placed on the ring on her hand, and the inclusion of the ringbox, reinforces that this is a wedding portrait. She died four years after this portrait was painted. (https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/9734/portrait-of-anne-howard-vyse)
30 x 25 in
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