Mary Helden (1726 - 1766) with a Dog and her Black Page, 'Sambo'

Charles Phillips (London 1708 - London 1748). Oil painting on canvas, Mary Helden (1726 - 1766) by Charles Phillips (London 1708 - London 1748), 1739. A full-length portrait, Label on reverse reads 'Mary, daughter of John Helden of Egham [& St Kitts], wife of Thomas Foster, elder son of Colonel John Foster, in white satin dress, standing on a terrace, her negro page Sambo and a dog by her side'. This description was written by Christie's when the painting was sold on 15th October 1940. She married Thomas Foster (1720 - 1765), of Elim, Jamaica and Egham House, Surrey, MP for Bossiney, Devon, 1741 and 1742-47 and Dorchester, 1762-65 on 2nd June 1741. Sprivers, Kent