Lady Mary Kent
Sir Joshua Reynolds (after) 1723 - 1792
Summary
Portrait of Lady Mary Kent, nee Mary Wordsworth (1751-1817), seated in a wooded landscape. She wears an elaborate dress with low neckline and richly decorated belt which she holds with her left hand. She has a high hairstyle decorated with pearls. She married Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet, in c.1776. He was MP for Thetford 1784-1790. She co-inherited with her sister Ann Verelyst mortgagees over enslaved people on estates in Grenada from her father, Josias Wordsworth.
Object Name
Lady Mary Kent
Creators Name
Date Created
1779
Dimensions
support: 45.7cm x 35.6cm
accession number
1920.397
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
Mezzotint
Credit
Dr David Lloyd Roberts bequest, 1920
Legal
© Manchester Art Gallery
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