- 35
Attributed to Thomas Bardwell 1704-1767
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Description
- Thomas Bardwell
- Portrait of Miss Elizabeth (Isabella) Bowes
- Inscribed u.c. with the identity of the sitter
- Oil on canvas
Full length, standing, wearing a grey dress with red cloak
Provenance
By descent frrom the sitter to Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke (1776-1841), her grandson;
Jane Broke, his granddaughter, wife of James, 4th Baron de Saumarez and thence by descent
Jane Broke, his granddaughter, wife of James, 4th Baron de Saumarez and thence by descent
Catalogue Note
The sitter was the daughter of Martin Bowes of Bury St. Edmunds and his wife Elizabeth Thurland. Her sister Anne married Philip Broke, and she was also included in Bardwell's portrait of the Broke and Bowes families painted in 1740 (sold at Sotheby's, 12 June 2003, lot 6).