Ann Verelst (1751–1823)

Image credit: Rotherham Heritage Services

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Ann Verelst was born in 1751. She was the youngest daughter of Josias Wordsworth of Wadworth Hall near Doncaster. In 1771 she married Harry Verelst, (a former Governor of Bengal) and moved into his house, Aston Hall, near Rotherham. This portrait was painted in 1771 or 1772 and is likely to have been commissioned to celebrate their marriage. George Romney was the son of a furniture maker from Dalton in Furness, Lancashire. At the age of 21 he was apprenticed to the portrait painter Christopher Steele. In the 1760s Romney moved to London and went on to become a fashionable portrait painter.

Clifton Park Museum

Rotherham

Title

Ann Verelst (1751–1823)

Date

1771–1772

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 235 x W 143 cm

Accession number

ROTMG : OP.1987.2

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art Collections Fund, 1987

Work type

Painting

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