Willem Verelst (London 1704-1752)


Portrait of Elizabeth Horton, full-length, in a silver and red riding habit, standing in a landscape with her horse, dogs and a groom oil on canvas76.4 x 63.8cm (30 1/16 x 25 1/8in).
|ProvenanceThe Collection of Paul MellonHis sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1981, lot 95 With Richard Green Fine Paintings, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 1984ExhibitedLondon, Royal Academy, Painting in England 1700-1850, from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon, Virginia, 1964-5, cat. no. 25 The sitter (d. 1740) was the daughter of Christopher Horton of Catton, Derbyshire. She married Bowyer Adderely of Hams Hall, Warwickshire, in 1726. They had three children. The identity of the sitter comes from an early inscription on a label attached to the reverse.