Jane Whittaker, Lady Crewe (1799-1881)

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, RA (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862). Oil painting on canvas, Jane Whittaker, Lady Crewe (1799-1881) by Ramsay Richard Reinagle (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862), 1828/29. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, wearing a white dress with full sleeves. A bouquet is on a table to her left. She has dark hair worn in ringlets (inventory card). Jane Whittaker, daughter of Thomas Whittaker, a Norfolk parson, married Sir George Crewe in 1819. This portrait, like CAL/P/330 of her husband was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1829. Again, Isabel Harpur Crewe did not approve; 'a bad likeness and wanting in the refinement which was most conspicuous in her'(House Guide, last revised 1996). Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)