Jan 17, 2025
Self-Portrait in her Painting Room at Baddesley Clinton
Artist: Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (Irish, 1829/30 - 1923)
Date: 1885-1896
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Trust Collections, United Kingdom
Description
Rebecca Orpen was a talented amateur artist who married Marmion Edward Ferrers (1813-84) of Baddesley Clinton. She was prolific, working in both oil and watercolour, and much of her work remains in the house today. She and her husband lived at Baddesley with her aunt, Lady Chatterton and her husband, Edward Heneage Dering. They became known as ‘The Quartet’, revelling in art, history and their religion. On the death of their spouses, Rebecca and Edward Dering were married.
