Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784, British
Title:
Dorothy Rolleston (née Burdett)
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 × 25 inches (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in ochre-colored paint, lower right: "A. Ramsay 1753"
Credit Line:
On loan from the Rolleston family
Copyright Status:
No Copyright - Contractual Restrictions
Accession Number:
L.2016-1
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
Publications:
Alastair Smart, Allan Ramsay, a complete catalogue of his paintings , The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, CT, 1999, pp. 175, 331, no. 448, fig. 440, NJ18 R1884 A12 S52 1999 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:51893