Portrait of Miss Charlotte Musgrave
Portrait of Miss Charlotte Musgrave
 was the daughter of Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Bt., and his wife Jane Turton. She married the Reverend Charles Mordaunt, Rector of Massingham, the son of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Bt., in 1774. She was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1774-75 (see David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds - A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, 2000, no.1290, p.342).Hugh Douglas Hamilton was born in Dublin and studied at the Royal Dublin Society from 1750 until 1756 until moving to London and finding success as a portrait painter in pastel and oil. In 1778 he went to Rome and returned to Dublin in 1792.){kind=link}
HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON
Dublin 1740-1808 Dublin
Portrait of Miss Charlotte Musgrave
Head and shoulders,
Signed lower right: Hamilton/delin.t 1772
Pastel over pencil on laid paper, oval
230 x 190 mm., 9 x 7 ½ in.
Charlotte Musgrave (1751-1818) was the daughter of Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Bt., and his wife Jane Turton. She married the Reverend Charles Mordaunt, Rector of Massingham, the son of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Bt., in 1774. She was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1774-75 (see David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds - A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, 2000, no.1290, p.342).
Hugh Douglas Hamilton was born in Dublin and studied at the Royal Dublin Society from 1750 until 1756 until moving to London and finding success as a portrait painter in pastel and oil. In 1778 he went to Rome and returned to Dublin in 1792.