Catherine, Lady Walpole
Dahl's half-length painting of Sir Robert's wife Catherine shows the sitter as a young woman and hangs today at Houghton Hall today. In actuality, Lady Walpole did not feel comfortable at Houghton and preferred her house on Dover Street, London. As a result, Sir Robert installed his mistress Maria Skerritt at Houghton instead, marrying her in 1737 after Lady Catherine's death in 1737.
Artwork Details
- Title: Catherine, Lady Walpole
- Artist: After Michael Dahl (Swedish, Stockholm 1659–1743 London)
- Artist: John Simon (French, Normandy ca. 1675–1751 London)
- Publisher: Philip Overton (British, active from 1707, died 1744)
- Sitter: Catherine, Lady Walpole (British, ca. 1682–1737)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1700–25
- Medium: Mezzotint
- Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (35 x 25 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.62.33r(b)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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