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| Title | Portrait of Anne Bridges née Freeman | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | School of Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) Previously attributed to circle of Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) Previously attributed to Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1717 | |
| Date Latest | probably about 1717 | |
| Description | A somewhat naïvely executed portrait of Mrs Anne Bridges, née Freeman. The subject is depicted as a young woman, she is presented three-quarter length, sitting to face the viewer with her right arm folded across her breast touching her long hair, the other arm rests on her outstretched skirts. She is finely attired, and wears flowers in her hair. In the background, an old stone wall to the right, and to the middle-distance on the left side, an idealised garden landscape. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:P:1945.22 | |
| Subject | portrait (Anne Bridges, née Freeman) | |
| Measurements | 119 x 94 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Mrs M. H. Williams 1945. | |
| Provenance | The Bridges family; by descent to Miss Boucher Smith, The Manor House, Keynsham; bequeathed by Miss Boucher Smith to Mr Williams, before 1945; by descent to Mrs M. H. Williams. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Paintings at Guildhall, The Assembly Rooms and Pump Room, Bath, Bath, 1985, p. 10, cat. no. 28; Sloman, S., Victoria Art Gallery: Concise Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Bath, 1991, p. 70. | |
| Notes | In 1717, the presumed date of the present portrait, Anne Bridges, née Freeman, married seventy-year-old Sir Harry Bridges of Keynsham (1647-1728), becoming his second wife. Bridges had been appointed Sheriff of the County of Somerset four years earlier. The late husband of Mrs Williams of Torquay was a descendent of the Bridges family, of the Manor House, Keynsham. He had inherited the four Bridges family portraits which Mrs Williams donated to Victoria Art Gallery. The donation included three further paintings. Other objects were given to Bristol Art Gallery. |
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| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |