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Portrait of Mrs Abraham Bracebridge and her daughter

Artist: George Romney (1734 - 1802)

Location: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Date: 1781 - 1784

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 160 x 123 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £4,800 (Total: £64,800)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 3171 (1986)

Provenance:
By descent in the Bracebridge family until 1920; by 1926 in an American private collection via Duveen brothers, remained in the USA until 1985.

Description:
Mary Elizabeth Bracebridge (1757-1819), daughter of Sir Charles Holte of Aston Hall, Warwickshire and her daughter Mary Holte Bracebridge (b.1776). The girl leans on her mother who is seated and holding a book.

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