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Miss Fort is shown holding a sprig of jasmine which may suggest this was painted on the occasion of her marriage. Little is known about her although it is thought she may have been born in the early 1700s. The Fort family were associated with Alderbury House, an estate of 300 acres just outside of Salisbury, from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. The artist painted a number of key figures associated with Salisbury when he stayed here from around 1740–1750.

Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum

Salisbury

Title

Miss Fort of Alderbury House, Wiltshire

Date

1747

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 60.5 x W 29 cm

Accession number

SBYWM:1983.65

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art Collections Fund, 1983

Work type

Painting

Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum

The King's House, 65 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2EN England

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Artist or maker

George Beare

d.1749

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