Portrait of a Lady (possibly Mrs Richard Bird)

Emblyn was the daughter of Richard Bird, a solicitor of Chulmleigh in Devon and the chief beneficiary of her father’s will when he died in India in 1842.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
28/1919
Category
Fine Art
Collection Class
Paintings
Medium
oil on canvas
Common Name
Portrait of a Lady (possibly Mrs Richard Bird)
Simple Name
painting
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901)
Production Town
Calcutta
Production Country
India
Production Date
c 1840
Production Person Initials
attributed to
Production Person Surname
Pybus
Production Year Low
1839
Production Year High
1841

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Portrait of a Lady (possibly Mrs Richard Bird)