Portrait of Sir Edward Walpole's Children 1747
painting, oil-paint, oil-on-canvas
portrait
baroque
painting
oil-paint
group-portraits
oil-on-canvas
"Portrait of Sir Edward Walpole's Children" (1747) by Stephen Slaughter (1697-1765), is a 18th-century group portrait of the four children of Sir Edward Walpole. The painting features two young girls dressed in elegant 18th-century gowns, a young boy in blue velvet, and a young girl holding a parrot. The work is a classic example of the English portraiture tradition, demonstrating the skill of the artist in capturing the likenesses and personalities of his subjects. Currently, the painting is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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The painting represents the four children of Sir Edward Walpole, all of whom can be easily recognized according to their ages. Laura, the eldest, married in 1758 the Hon. F. Keppel, Bishop of Exeter. Maria, the second, married in 1759 James, second Earl Waldegrave, and in 1766 the Duke of Gloucester (1736-1807). Charlotte married in 1760 Lionel, fifth Earl of Dysart (1738-1789). The boy, Edward, who became Colonel Walpole, died unmarried, aged thirty-one, in 1771. The bird in the painting is a Cuban Amazon parrot, either imported, or the artist may have copied it from a book.
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