Mary Ann J. Thynne, Marble Hall & Staircase at Dalkeith Palace, Duke of Buccleuch, Midlothian, Scotland – 1837 watercolour painting

Mary Ann J. Thynne Marble Hall & Staircase at Dalkeith Palace, Duke of Buccleuch, Midlothian, Scotland

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An original 1837 watercolour painting – Mary Ann J. Thynne, Marble Hall & Staircase at Dalkeith Palace, Duke of Buccleuch, Midlothian, Scotland.

A charming private interior at Dalkeith Palace, one of the seats of the Duke of Buccleuch. This watercolour is by Mary Ann John Thynne (1778–1863), who was the aunt of Charlotte Anne Thynne (1811–1895), wife of Walter Francis, the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806–1884).

This watercolour forms part of a collection of works by Mary Ann, who married into the Thynne family, the Marquesses of Bath, of Longleat House, Wiltshire. The family had close royal associations; Mary Ann was Lady of the Bedchamber to HRH Princess Sophia (daughter of George III) and HRH Princess Charlotte Augusta (the only child of George IV).

Mary Ann's niece, Charlotte Anne, married the Duke of Buccleuch—one of the most powerful and wealthy aristocrats in Britain, often described as Scotland’s premier landowner. The majority of the drawings in the collection are Scottish views around the private Buccleuch estates of Bowhill in the Scottish Borders, Dalkeith Palace in Midlothian and Caroline Park at Granton near Edinburgh.

This picture is a charming personal record of Mary Ann Thynne's visit to Scotland between August and December 1837.

On wove paper laid down on backing paper, with original hand-drawn washline border.

Provenance: previously owned by Annie Harriet (Haden) Thynne (1848–1937), daughter of the etcher Sir Francis Seymour Haden, who married Charles Ernest Thynne (1849–1906), grandson of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath.

Mary Ann J. Thynne: Duke of Buccleuch Watercolours 1837

Mary Ann Thynne (1778–1863) was the daughter of Thomas Master, MP for Cirencester. In 1801 she married John Thynne, later 3rd Baron Carteret of Hawnes (1772–1849), who was the third son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck, of Longleat, Wiltshire. John Thynne was Vice Chamberlain of the Household at the court of George III and Mary Ann was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Princess Charlotte from 1815, until the princess's death in 1817. Mary Ann Thynne was evidently a skilled and sensitive watercolourist. There are two decorated ivory boxes by her in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

John Thynne's eldest brother, Thomas Thynne (1765–1837), became 2nd Marquess of Bath; Thomas's youngest daughter, Charlotte Anne, married Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806–1844). The Duke of Buccleuch was one of the most powerful and wealthy aristocrats in Britain, often described as Scotland’s premier landowner. Mary Ann Thynne evidently visited the Buccleuchs over a period of months in 1837, sketching locations significant to the family.

This collection of drawings includes views at the seats of the Duke of Buccleuch: Bowhill in the Scottish Borders, Dalkeith Palace in Midlothian and Caroline Park at Granton near Edinburgh. She also sketched many other Scottish landed estates, including Dalmeny on the Firth of Forth, seat of the Earl of Rosebery; Dalmahoy near Edinburgh, seat of the Earl of Morton; Newbattle, seat of the Marquess of Lothian; Glamis Castle, Angus, seat of the Earl of Strathmore; Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, seat of Drummond; and Ashiestiel, home of Sir Walter Scott in the Scottish Borders. The pictures are a charming personal insight into the houses and landscapes of Britain's wealthiest aristocrats in the 19th century.