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Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell

Date1774/1775
Object PlaceEngland, British Isles, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor Clay Ford
Object number77.7
DescriptionHalf length portrait of a woman facing foward, wearing a gold and grey spangled turban with a string of pearls on either side. Her turban, dress and cloak have gold threads running through them. The cloak is trimmed with ermine. The dress is tied with a blue sash. Her dark hair is braided with a blue ribbon which matches the sash. She stands in front of a russet drapery with sky and clouds visible at right.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 8
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: Holt, Norfolk, Great Britain, Collection Rev. Sir Edward Repps Jodrell, Bart. Bayfield Hall, New York, Duveen Brothers (dealer) 1930 Detroit, (Grosse Pointe Farms) Collection Mr. & Mrs. Edsel Ford (by whom bequeathed to The Detroit Institute of Arts)