Model for statuette of the Hon. Mrs James Stuart Wortley
Created by John Henry Foley
Date: 1855
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Object type: statuette, model
Description: This is probably a portrait of Jane Lawley of Escrick Park, York. She was the mother of the artist, Archibald J Stuart Wortley (1849-1950), who was a founder of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
This note is based on research by Sally Hayes for the 'Barnsley Art On Your Doorstep' project, 2013, which is supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. See https://www.facebook.com/Barnsleyartonyourdoorstep (accessed 30 May 2013).
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855 (Presumed)
Citing this record
'Model for statuette of the Hon. Mrs James Stuart Wortley', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib7_1232041628, accessed 29 Mar 2020]
