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attributed to Arthur Pond, Rhoda Delaval
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Doddington Hall
- Title(s)
- Rhoda Delaval
- Date
- ? c.1735–40
- Location
- Drawing Room
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 71 cm, Overall width: 49 cm
- Artist
- attributed to Arthur Pond (c.1705-1758)
- Catalogue Number
- DN54
Description
The portrait is of Rhoda Delaval (1725–1757), eldest daughter of Captain Francis Blake Delaval and Rhoda Apreece. She is presented in the guise of a shepherdess, a popular costume of the period in ‘fancy’ portraiture and masquerades. On stylistic grounds, and based on the sitter’s age, the portrait dates probably from the mid- to late 1730s. An attribution to Arthur Pond is suggested.