Miss Frances Woodley, Later Mrs. Bankes, after George Romney
James Walker
(British, 1748–ca. 1808)
After
George Romney
(British, 1734–1802)
Dateca. 1781
MediumMezzotint, printed in black ink on dark cream-colored wove paper
Dimensions24 1/4 x 15 in. (61.6 x 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden, Jr., 1978
Accession number1978.3.110
CommentaryFull-length standing portrait of a woman, head turned to her left, her right elbow on a draped pedestal. Plants in lower right foreground. Miss Woodley was born in 1760. Label on back of frame says she was the daughter of William Woodley, Esq., Governor of the Leeward Islands (from 1766 to 1771), "one of the most remarkable beauties of the Day"'; married 1784, Henry Bankes, Esq., of Kingston Lacy, Dorset, M.P. for Corfe Castle; died at Old Palace Yard, Nov. 22, 1822, aged 62.
Knoedler. Frick, 1908. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden, Jr., 1978.
Source: The Frick Collection: Drawings, Prints & Later Acquisitions. Volume IX. New York: The Frick Collection, 2003.
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