Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872) Portrait of a young girl

Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872)

Portrait of a young girl, believed to be the artist's daughter Henrietta

Signed and dated Nov'r 18 1834

Oil on Canvas

56 x 46cm; 22 x 18in

Provenance:

Private Collection U.S.A.

Private English Collection

Margaret Sarah Carpenter was born in Salisbury in 1793, she went to London in 1814 and soon established herself as a leading and fashionable portrait painter. Her pictures were greatly influenced by the works of Sir Thomas Lawrence suggesting she may have been one of his pupils. The inscribed date may have been Henrietta's birthday.