Portrait of Captain, Robert Fenwick and his wife Isabella Orde and her sister Ann

Thomas Bardwell (1704 - 1767)

Laing Art Gallery

1746 - 1753

Representing the marriage of Robert Fenwick and Isabella Orde in 1746, members of the two major Newcastle families. The castle in the background is Norham Castle owned by William Orde, and given as the bride's dowry.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 142 x 120 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £11925 ( Total: £57,638)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

By descent from the sitter, Robert Fenwick.

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