Elizabeth 'Bessy' Allen
1793
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1793
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Elizabeth 'Bessy' Allen is a 1793 paint by George Romney, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a woman sitting in a chair. She's wearing a fancy dress and has a calm expression. The subject of the painting, Elizabeth 'Bessy' Allen, married into the Wedgwood family, which is an interesting fact about her life. She was part of a family known for their pottery business. The painting is now at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A portrait by George Romney from 1793 depicts Elizabeth "Bessy" Allen, who married Josiah Wedgwood II in 1792. She is shown with pale skin, red hair, and dressed in a white gown with a purple sash, wearing a white cap, seated beneath a tree against an English countryside backdrop. The painting is framed in gilded wood with foliate borders.
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