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Portrait of an elderly lady seated on a chair. The chair is upholstered in green cut velvet with the brass fixing tacks visible over the top. Behind the woman is draped a red velvet curtain. The lady is wearing a black silk dress with a white lace collar, at the bottom/centre of which is a red and a pink rose. She is wearing a lace cap over her white hair.

Martha Whistler Webster (1729–1810) was a Scot and daughter of Doctor Nairn the Dean of Battle. She married Sir Whistler Webster.

English Heritage, Battle Abbey

Battle

Title

Lady Martha Whistler Webster

Date

c.1780

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

88227212

Acquisition method

purchased at Christie's, 1998

Work type

Painting

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English Heritage, Battle Abbey

High Street, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0AD England

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