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Dahl's half-length painting of Sir Robert's wife Catherine shows the sitter as a young woman and hangs today at Houghton Hall today. In actuality, Lady Walpole did not feel comfortable at Houghton and preferred her house on Dover Street, London. As a result, Sir Robert installed his mistress Maria Skerritt at Houghton instead, marrying her in 1737 after Lady Catherine's death in 1737.
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Title: Catherine, Lady Walpole
Artist:
After Michael Dahl (Swedish, Stockholm 1659–1743 London)
Artist:
John Simon (French, Normandy ca. 1675–1751 London)
Publisher:
Philip Overton (British, active from 1707, died 1744)
Sitter:
Catherine, Lady Walpole (British, ca. 1682–1737)
Published in: London
Date: 1700–25
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (35 x 25 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.62.33r(b)
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