Isabella (Ingram) Seymour Conway, Viscountess Beauchamp, later Marchioness of Hertford

Maker John Hoppner (British, 1758 - 1810)

SitterSitter: Isabella (Ingram) Seymour Conway, Viscountess Beauchamp, later Marchioness of Hertford (British, 1760 - 1834)

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Dateca. 1789

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensionscanvas: 30 × 25 1/8 in. (76.2 × 63.8 cm.) frame: 41 1/8 × 36 × 4 3/4 in. (104.5 × 91.4 × 12.1 cm.)

DescriptionTo the waist, full-face, the body slightly to the left front. Powdered hair, dressed full; wide straw hat, bound and trimmed with sky-blue ribbon; sky-blue silk gown with muslin fichu, and a posy of jasmine on her breast. A black silk, lace-trimmed mantle covers her shoulders. Her fawn-gloved hands are crossed over her waist, the right uppermost. Background of tree trunks and autumn foliage, with a glimpse of evening sky and distant trees low down on the left.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Label TextThis portrait vividly conveys the bewitching beauty and charm that made Lady Beauchamp one of the most sought-after women of her day. The sitter is presented in an alluring and provocative manner, directly meeting the viewer’s eye as she gazes out seductively from the shadow of her hat brim. The large, floppy bow on her hat and the bottle of flowers tucked into her bodice direct attention to her face and breasts.

Bibliography

British paintings at the Huntington

Object number24.31