Tigers Decorative has dated this Georgian Female Portrait Drawing to the 18th Century.
This has a wonderful provence - Lady Victoria Wemyss, Bowes Lyon. A.Guild. Thence by descent.
Born: Dorothea Bland 1761 - 1816.
Dora Jordan was a famous Georgian actress renowned for her comic roles. She was born to an Irish father and Welsh mother in London. Her first role was at age fiften in Dublin.
In 1790 she became mistress to Prince William, later WIlliam IV and bore him ten children. She was attacked by cartoonist James Gillray as being a loose woman. In 1794 she gave birth to a son, baptised George Fitz Clarence - Fitz meaning son of.
William ended the relationship in 1811 when his father was declared mad. William needed to marry an heiress. He had never been good with money and Dora's money had kept the large family afloat through her stage work. To escape her creditors, she fled to France where she died in poverty.
John Hoppner 1758 - 1810.
He was an English portrait painter influenced by Reynolds. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780. He painted the rish and fashionable people of the time.
Frame Height: 39 cm | Width: 34 cm | Depth: 2.5 cm
Tigers Decorative has dated this Georgian Female Portrait Drawing to the 18th Century.
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Oval Portrait of Mrs Jordan, George IV Mistress
