Margaret Sarah Carpenter

Description: Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872) British. Portrait of Henrietta Shuckburgh, three-quarter length standing, body turned to the left but head turned back, and eyes facing slightly right, wearing a yellow dress with low neckline and short ‘Van Dyke’’ sleeves, a turban hat, with a paisley shawl over her left arm, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Inscribed; ‘Henrietta Shuckburgh,... More Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872) British. Portrait of Henrietta Shuckburgh, three-quarter length standing, body turned to the left but head turned back, and eyes facing slightly right, wearing a yellow dress with low neckline and short ‘Van Dyke’’ sleeves, a turban hat, with a paisley shawl over her left arm, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Inscribed; ‘Henrietta Shuckburgh, Margaret Carpenter 182. , 50” x 40”. Provenance; Exhibited, Royal Academy 1821 Number 224 as ‘Miss Shuckburgh’’ Probably by descent through the sitter’’s family (Collins) until sent for sale . from a member in Jersey 1978. Christies 3rd August 1978, Lot 88 to Szell. Christies South Kensington 23rd January 2003, Lot 18 to Smith. Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

Margaret Sarah Carpenter (Salisbury 1793-1872 London) Portrait of Selina, Lady Fitzwygram, née Hayes, seated in an armchair, in a blue dress with a black lace shawl and lace headdress, holding a fan signed and dated 'Margaret Carpenter 1850' (lower right) oil on canvas 39¼ x 32¼ in. (99.2 x 81.3 cm.) Lot Notes A preparatory chalk drawing from 1853 for the present work measuring 19 x 14½ in. (48.3 x 36.8 cm.) is found in a private collection.

Margaret Sarah Carpenter (Salisbury 1793-1872 London) Portrait of a young girl, thought to be Henrietta Carpenter, bustlength, in oriental dress signed and dated '...Carpenter 1839' (lower left) oil on panel 27½ x 18 1/8 in. (69.8 x 46 cm.) Lot Notes Margaret Sarah Geddes was born in 1793 into an artistic andliterary family in Salisbury. Her talent for drawing was noticed atan early stage by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, onwhose estate the Geddes family lived. By the age of 12, she wascopying the paintings at Longford Castle and when her father wentbankrupt in 1812, Lord Radnor paid for her to move to London whereshe could establish herself as a professional artist. In 1817 shemarried William Hookham Carpenter, a bookseller, publisher andartist who was later appointed Keeper of Prints and Drawings at theBritish Museum. After Sir Thomas Lawrence's death in 1830,Carpenter was seen by many as his successor. Whilst she carried outa vast number of commissions, including a series of Eton schoolleavers, it was for her fanciful portraits of women and childrenthat she was most celebrated. The sitter in the present work would appear to be the same girl asthat in the double portrait, entitled The Sisters, now in theVictoria and Albert Museum (R. Parkinson, Catalogue of the BritishOil Paintings 1820-1860, London, 1990, pp.22-3). The V&Apicture, also dated 1839, shows the artist's daughters Henriettaand Jane reading in an interior.

Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872) Portrait of Mr Marriot, seated half-length, in a black coat with white shirt, brown waistcoat and black necktie indistinctly inscribed, signed and dated 'Mr Marriot/painted by/M. S. Carpenter/1845' (on the reverse) and with indistinct inscription ' Portrait of/...ton Booth .../Aged 2* .../taken for his .../the Rev.d Harry .../after his death .../W.B.** .../Widow ... ' (on an old label on the reverse) oil on board 10 x 7¾ in. (25.3 x 19.2 cm.)

three quarter length, seated, wearing judicial robes, a volume open on his lap signed l.r.: Margaret Carpenter 1837 oil on canvas, in its original frame EXHIBITED London, Royal Academy, 1837, no.534 (as The. Rt. Hon. Justice Coleridge) LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Lord Coleridge K.C., The Story of a Devonshire House, 1905, illus. opp. p.302

CATALOGUE NOTE
In 1835, shortly before his father’s death, John Taylor Coleridge was appointed to the bench. His elevation to the judiciary fulfilled 'The Colonel’s' hopes, who wrote “Your progress meets our most sanguine wishes and I do think is equalled by your Desserts. It gives us all great delight and fills my Heart with Gratitude to God” (The Story of a Devonshire House, op.cit. p.309). This portrait was commissioned to celebrate his appointment. 'The Judge' sits in what must have been a characteristic pose. He leans slightly forward, his body swathed in judicial robes, turning his head as if listening to a barrister’s plea, his hand resting on a volume of the law. John Coleridge's legal career had commenced in 1813, after his education at Eton and Oxford. He was first in chambers in Southampton Buildings and subsequently at The Middle Temple. After his marriage to Mary Buchanan in 1818 he joined the Western Circuit where he worked assiduously to establish his reputation. The family at that time lived in London at 65, Torrington Street before moving in 1831 to 4, Montague Place. Their five children were born at regular two yearly intervals between 1820 and 1830. Their eldest John would follow his father into the law, becoming Lord Coleridge, their second Bernard (see lot 228) was to become a Catholic Convert and a priest, and their daughter became the wife of the Bishop of Oxford. A second version of the portrait is in the collection of Eton College.