Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
Unknown artist, Britain
A Lady Horton Family
Purchased 1912
actions: postures and motions
adults
book - non-specific
clothing and personal items
dress: ceremonial/royal
hand / hands raised
hat, cap
Horton
individuals: female
mourning dress
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
reading, writing, printed matter
society
woman
<p>The inscription identifies this lady as Martha Horton, who married Joshua Horton of Sowerby, Yorkshire, between 1651-6. However, she seems too old and may instead be Martha’s mother-in-law. Her sombre black clothing and lace headdress show she is a widow.</p><p>The Horton family were strict adherents to their Puritan faith. This woman, presented with a plain sincerity, rests her finger between the pages of her Bible, from which she seeks spiritual and moral guidance.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2005</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
8 October 2001 – 30 March 2003
2003-03-30
8 October 2001 – 30 March 2003
2003-03-30
2001-10-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-08
Courtly Portraiture
Collection based display
21 March 2005 – 2 April 2006
2006-04-02
21 March 2005
2005-03-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-03-21
Civil War and Commonwealth
Collection based display
29 May 2006 – 10 July 2006
2006-07-10
29 May 2006 – 10 July 2006
2006-07-10
2006-05-29
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-05-29
Nahnou-Together
Exhibition
A Lady of the Horton Family
support: 749 × 622 mm
frame: 922 × 797 × 50 mm
Purchased 1912
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<span class="text7">The inscription identifies this lady as </span><span class="text13">Martha Horton, who married Joshua Horton</span><span class="text7"> of Sowerby, Yorkshire, between 1651-6. However, she seems too old      and may instead be Martha’s mother-in-law. Her </span><span class="text14">sombre black clothing and lace headdress</span><span class="text7"> show she is a widow. </span>
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<span class="text7">The Horton family were strict adherents to their      Puritan faith. This woman, presented with a plain sincerity, rests her      finger </span><span class="text12">between the pages of her Bible, from      which</span><span class="text7"> she seeks spiritual and moral      guidance. </span>
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actions: postures and motions adults book - non-specific clothing and personal items dress: ceremonial/royal hand / hands raised hat, cap Horton individuals: female mourning dress named individuals objects people portraits reading, writing, printed matter society woman