Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775/76–1817) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan, 1796–1843)

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775/76–1817) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan, 1796–1843)

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775/76–1817) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan, 1796–1843)

Artist:John Hoppner (British, London 1758–1810 London)
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:93 3/4 x 59 in. (238.1 x 149.9 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Carll Tucker, 1965

In 1795, Hester Jane Ogle married the Honorable Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), dramatist, author of The School for Scandal, and a member of Parliament. In this portrait, shown at the Royal Academy in 1797, she appears in the guise of a countrywoman with their son Charles (1796–1843) on her shoulder. It was later remarked that this portrait refutes Hoppner's reputation for excessive flattery of his female sitters.

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