'Hope nursing Love', painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1769, exhibited at the inaugural exhibition of the Royal Academy in 1769. The model, 'Miss Morris', was the daughter of Valentine Morris. Three 'repetitions' of the painting were made, as well as an engraving by Edward Fisher in 1771, which the British Museum holds.
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/hope_nursing_love.pdf
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Collector?
Yes
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Current Location
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
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Current Owner
Port Eliot Collection
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
