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circle of Arthur Pond, ? Rhoda Delaval
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Doddington Hall
- Title(s)
- ? Rhoda Delaval
- Date
- c.1735–40
- Location
- Long Gallery
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 75 cm, Overall width: 63 cm
- Artist
- circle of Arthur Pond (c.1705-1758)
- Catalogue Number
- DN100
Footnotes
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NPG D562.
1
Description
The sitter in the present portrait is unidentified. However, comparison with several adult portraits of Rhoda Blake Delaval, notably DN65, a portrait attributed to Arthur Pond (fig.1), and James McArdell’s mezzotint after Rhoda Delaval’s unlocated self-portrait,1 suggests that it may be the same sitter, here aged around twelve years old. The identity of the artist is unknown but may have been working in the circle of Arthur Pond.
Figure 1.
Arthur Pond, Rhoda Delaval, circa 1750. Oil on canvas, 76.8 × 68.6 cm. National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 5253).
Digital image courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, London. (All rights reserved)