© Wordsworth Trust
De Quincey Family Portraits
Artist: Various, James Archer
Location: Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum
Date: 1) 1855
Materials: 1) chalk; 2-9) oil
Dimensions: 1) 52.5 x 56.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £6,000 (Total: £15,000)
Vendor: Eric B C Blok
Review number: 5548 (2005)
Provenance:
By descent from the Blok family, direct descendants of Thomas De Quincey.
Description:
Thomas De Quincey took up the tenancy of Dove Cottage from the Wordsworths in 1809 and became a close friend. De Quincey was dependent on his daughters who managed his life for him when he became heavily addicted to opium. 1) chalk drawing of Thomas with his daughters, Emily, Margaret and granddaughter Eva by James Archer; 2-5) four medallions by James Archer; 6-9) miniature portraits of De Quincey's mother, his daughter Florence, an unknown lady and one of Thomas aged about 2 1/2 years by unknown artists.
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