Object number
UAC/10058
Title
Lady Wantage and Her Egyptian Donkey,
Creator
Description
Portrait of Harriet Sarah (née Loyd), Lady Wantage (1837-1920). Lady Wantage is depicted as a three-quarter length figure, standing at the side of a grey donkey, holding the reigns and leaning against the crimson velvet and leopard-skin saddle-cloth. She is wearing a simple white-yellow dress. The donkey is bending its head downward to the left and wears a crimson head-stall and tassels, and a necklace of blue beads and coins. Foliage in the background and right foreground. Signed BR 97.
Physical description
oil on canvas
Archival history
Listed in "A Catalogue of pictures forming the collection of Lord and Lady Wantage at 2 Carlton Gardens, London, Lockinge House, Berks, and Overstone Park and Ardington House (1905)" No. 194 (Illustrated). Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897.
Production date
1897 - 1897
School/style
British
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Height 214 cm
- Width 132 cm
Credit line
The University of Reading Art Collection
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