Hon. Henry Bishop

Paintings

Portrait of Hon. Mrs Henry Bishop by Sir Thomas Lawrence

BISHOP, Hon. Mrs Henry. Elizabeth Harris, wife of the Hon. Henry Bishop described as 'head of the Court of the Common Pleas of St. Michael'. ? 1803. 30 x 25. Seated half-right, head turned and looking up r., her r. arm over the back of her chair. San Marino . Henry E . Huntington Library and Art Gallery. At one time with Leggatt; purchased by Lady Gilbert Carter in the Barbados ; Jacques Seligman, New York, by whom sold to Mrs Charles Quinn, Los Angeles, who presented it to the Huntington Foundation. Apparently a studio version of Lady Maria Hamilton. There is an entry in the ledgers of Coutts and Co., November, 1803, 'For Mrs. Bishop's picture & frame £67' but it is unlikely to relate to this picture. No other portrait of a Mrs Bishop is known to the compiler

Notes

GARLICK, KENNETH. "A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence." The Volume of the Walpole Society 39 (1962): 3-336. Accessed April 3, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/41829342.

Provenance

'At one time with Leggatt; purchased by Lady Gilbert Carter in the Barbados ; Jacques Seligman, New York, by whom sold to Mrs Charles Quinn, Los Angeles, who presented it to the Huntington Foundation. Apparently a studio version of Lady Maria Hamilton. There is an entry in the ledgers of Coutts and Co., November, 1803, 'For Mrs. Bishop's picture & frame £67' but it is unlikely to relate to this picture. No other portrait of a Mrs Bishop is known to the compiler'


Further Information

Collector?
Yes
Current Location
California USA
Dispersal Date
30th Nov -0001
Current Owner
Huntington Art Gallery