Framed oil painting: Henrietta Laura Pulteney (1766-1808) by Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), oil on canvas c. 1777

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Museum number

1996.5

Object

Framed oil painting: Henrietta Laura Pulteney (1766-1808) by Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), oil on canvas c. 1777

Gallery label

Henrietta Laura Pulteney (1766-1808)
Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)
Oil on canvas, about 1777

Henrietta Laura Pulteney inherited the vast Pulteney estates in 1782. She was the daughter of Sir William Pulteney (né Johnstone), a Scottish aristocrat who owned plantations in the Caribbean and substantial property in North America. With her father, she created the elegant new town at Bathwick including Great Pulteney Street and Sydney Gardens, where the Holburne Museum now stands.

The Swiss-born artist Angelica Kauffman has shown the child Laura plucking flowers in a wood, dressed in white. The artist’s almost miniaturist eye for detail reveals the luxury of the heiress’s outfit: a fragile embroidered gown, silk sash and cap decorated with lace, frills and feathers.

1996.5 Purchased with grants from the MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Art Fund, 1996

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