Lot 1475
MANNER OF JOHN MICHAEL WRIGHT (1617-1694)
PORTRAIT OF A PREGNANT LADY, POSSIBLY ANN, LADY FANSHAWE (1625-1680)
Standing long half length, wearing a black dress with lace bonnet, collar and cuffs, holding a fan, oil on canvas
106.5 x 66.5cm.
* Born Ann Harrison, the daughter of Sir John Harrison (c.1590-1669), Ann married a kinsman, Richard (later Sir Richard) Fanshawe (1608-1666) and she bore him 14 children, only four of whom survived into adulthood. She was a memoirist and a cookery writer: her 1665 book of `receipts` is believed to contain the first recipe for ice cream.
Provenance: London, Christies, Sale of the Townshend Heirlooms from Raynham Hall, Norfolk, March 5-7th 1904, possibly lot 157, though not at that time identified as this sitter (described as 42 x 25ins; 107 x 63.5cm.)
