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circle of Joseph Highmore, Mary Eden

Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
Doddington Hall
Title(s)
Mary Eden
Date
? c.1750s
Location
Drawing Room
Medium and support
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall height: 75 cm, Overall width: 62 cm
Artist
circle of Joseph Highmore (1692-1780)
Catalogue Number
DN59

Description

Mary Eden was the daughter of Martha Eden (nee Lowth), and Robert Eden, and granddaughter of  DD (1660-1732). Mary Eden’s father, Robert Eden, was Archdeacon and Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral. This portrait came to Doddington through the Jarvis family in the nineteenth century.

by Martin Postle

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