Property from an Important British Private Collection
Anne Langton
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Martha Walsh, née Bellingham
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Property from an Important British Private Collection
Anne Langton
Yorkshire Dales, England 1804 - 1893 Toronto, Canada
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Martha Walsh, née Bellingham
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount and frame;
signed and dated verso: Anne Langton / f. / Feb 17 1832 / No 63; later label attached to reverse inscribed Marta Bellingham (Mrs. Genl Walsh.)
102 by 80 mm.
The miniature is clearly dated 1832, however the sitter is dressed in late 18th century fashion. This suggests that the portrait is a commissioned copy after an earlier work.
The discepancy of dates makes it implausable that it depicts Martha Bellingham at the time of her marriage General Walsh in the 1830s.
Anne Langton studied miniature painting in Paris and afterwards with Thomas Hargreaves in Liverpool. In 1837 she moved with her family to Canada. The journals that she kept, later published as A gentlewoman in Upper Canada, provide a fasinating account of life in Canada, contrasting her youthful life in Europe with the more challenging circumstrance of a pioneer.
The discepancy of dates makes it implausable that it depicts Martha Bellingham at the time of her marriage General Walsh in the 1830s.
Anne Langton studied miniature painting in Paris and afterwards with Thomas Hargreaves in Liverpool. In 1837 she moved with her family to Canada. The journals that she kept, later published as A gentlewoman in Upper Canada, provide a fasinating account of life in Canada, contrasting her youthful life in Europe with the more challenging circumstrance of a pioneer.