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Portrait of Lettice Mary Banks (© Holburne Museum of Art)
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© Holburne Museum of Art

Portrait of Lettice Mary Banks

Artist: William Hoare (circa 1707 - 1792)

Location: Holburne Museum of Art

Date: late 1740s

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 57.5 x 43.8cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,100 (Total: £4,400)

Vendor: Trim Bridge Galleries

Review number: 5255 (2003)

Provenance:
Trim Bridge Galleries, Bath in 1984/5; Mrs Christine Gordon; Trim Bridge Galleries, 2002.

Description:
Half-length portrait of Lettice Mary Banks (1716 - 1757), the aunt of Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist. When Hoare arrived in Bath in 1738, there was little competition but great demand for portraits which continued after Gainsborough's arrival in 1759.

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