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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Favorite Chestnut Hunter of Lady Frances Stephens [née Lady Frances Pierrepont]

Made in England, Europe

1799

Benjamin Marshall, English, 1768 - 1835

Oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 29 1/2 inches (62.5 x 74.9 cm)

Currently not on view

1977-44-1

Centennial gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Norris, Jr., 1977

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Additional information:
  • PublicationBritish Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

    Frances Augusta Pierrepont (c. 1782-1847) was the only daughter of Charles, 1st Earl Manvers (1737-1816), whose seat was at Thoresby Park, Ollerton, Nottingham. She married, first, in October 1802, Adm. William Bentinck (d. 1813) and, second, on July 30, 1821, Henry William Stephens. She died at Bishopsteighton, East Devon, on February 10, 1847, leaving two sons and one daughter.

    Richard Dorment, from British Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: From the Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Century (1986), p. 224.

    LITERATURE:
    Aubrey Noakes. Ben Marshall, 1768-1835. Leigh-on-Sea, 1978., p. 32 no. 25, pp. 72, 77, 78.