Catherine Douglas (née Hyde), Duchess of Queensberry
6 of 40 portraits by Charles Jervas
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Catherine Douglas (née Hyde), Duchess of Queensberry
attributed to Charles Jervas
oil on canvas, circa 1725-1730
50 in. x 39 3/4 in. (1270 mm x 1010 mm)
Purchased, 1867
Primary Collection
NPG 238
Sitterback to top
- Catherine Douglas (née Hyde), Duchess of Queensberry (1701-1777), Eccentric beauty and patron of writers. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Charles Jervas (1675-1739), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 40 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Painted at a time when Arcadian themes were fashionable, the Duchess is shown enjoying a rustic idyll. Her hand rests on a milk pail while a real milkmaid is shown milking cows in the background. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
Linked publicationsback to top
- Audio Guide
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- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 223
- Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 105
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 509
Events of 1725back to top
Current affairs
Notorious 'Thief Taker General' Jonathan Wild is hanged at Tyburn. He ran one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman.Pardoned Jacobite leader Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke forms an opposition to the Prime Minister Robert Walpole.
Order of the Bath is founded by King George I.
Art and science
Poet Alexander Pope produces a new edition of Shakespeare, which he rewrites and edits in numerous places.Philosopher Francis Hutcheson publishes his first major work An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, published in two treatises concerning aesthetics and morality.
International
Russian tsar Peter the Great dies.Treaty of Hanover between England, France and Prussia.
Composer Antonio Vivaldi debuts the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Easter Oratorio in Leipzig.
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