File:Kauffmann, Angelica, Barbara St. John Bletsoe, Countess of Coventry.jpg
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Summary
Angelica Kauffmann: Barbara St. John Bletsoe, Countess of Coventry
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| Title |
Barbara St. John Bletsoe, Countess of Coventry  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
English: English: Portrait of Barbara Coventry, Countess of Coventry (1737-1804), wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722-1809).
The second wife of the Earl of Coventry, who was born Barbara St. John Bletsoe, is shown as an aristocrat dressed in fine muslin embroidered with gold thread and wearing a golden pin with a ruby and dangling pearls. Although she is pensive and at rest, the Countess has beside her on the table a large shuttle that attests to her industry and skill in fancy work. The instrument was used to make knotted lace, a forerunner of the tatted lace made with smaller shuttles by nineteenth- and twentieth-century ladies. |
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| Depicted people |
Barbara Coventry, Countess of Coventry |
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| Date |
between 1750 and 1800 |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 130.8 cm (51.4 in) ; width: 119.3 cm (46.9 in) |
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| Collection |
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| Current location |
European Art |
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| Accession number |
1998-285 (Princeton University Art Museum) |
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| Place of creation |
Switzerland |
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| Object history |
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| Exhibition history | In Celebration: Works of Art from the Collections of Princeton Alumni and Friends of the Art Museum (Saturday, February 22, 1997 - Sunday, June 08, 1997) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Teri Noel Towe, Class of 1970, in grateful and loving memory of his father and mother, Kenneth Crawford Towe and Betty McCarn Towe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/36827 |
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| Source/Photographer | Princeton University Art Museum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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