1770
pastel
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Lady Holland (Lady Mary Fitzpatrick) is a 1770 pastel by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a close-up portrait of a woman with light brown hair styled in soft curls. She wears a pale dress with a low neckline, and her face is painted in soft, warm tones. The background is plain and dark, keeping all focus on her. The artist used pastel—chalky colored sticks—to create smooth, blended skin tones. This was a popular way to make portraits look lifelike in the 1700s. Look up pastel to see how artists used this technique to make soft, glowing portraits.
Hugh Douglas Hamilton RHA (c. 1739 – 10 February 1808) was an Irish painter who specialised in portrait painting. He spent considerable periods in London and Rome before returning to Dublin in the early 1790s. Until the…
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