Mrs Clara Maria Pope (1767 - 1838)
Portrait of Miss Nora Brickenden
Watercolour on paper
Inscription: Note by / A.T. Bolton / Curator / Aug 1919 / found hanging at back of another picture in the Breakfast Parlor [sic].
Inscription note: This inscription relates to the entry Bolton made in the Curator's diary on 29 August 1919: 29 August 1919 reads: Identified drawing in BK Parlour the fair ‘Ellen’ Miss Norah Brickenden, a great discovery. It appears that the drawing was found hanging behind another in the No. 13 Breakfast Room during the rehanging that followed the return of evacuated objects at the end of World War I. So far, we know no more of this intriguing episode: the framed work certainly hung in the Dressing Room in 1837.
Inscription note: This inscription relates to the entry Bolton made in the Curator's diary on 29 August 1919: 29 August 1919 reads: Identified drawing in BK Parlour the fair ‘Ellen’ Miss Norah Brickenden, a great discovery. It appears that the drawing was found hanging behind another in the No. 13 Breakfast Room during the rehanging that followed the return of evacuated objects at the end of World War I. So far, we know no more of this intriguing episode: the framed work certainly hung in the Dressing Room in 1837.
Inscription: Portrait of Ellen / Miss Nora Brickenden / [added to the right: Relation of Rich.d / Holland & / particular friend / of Mr. & Mrs. Soane] / by Mrs. Pope / See G. Bailey's Inventory 1837 / No. 15 Dressing Room.
Inscription note: Made August 1919 with the inscription bottom left.
Inscription note: Made August 1919 with the inscription bottom left.
Museum number: P15
Not on display
© Sir John Soane's Museum. Photo: Lorraine Bryant.