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Portrait of Juliana Margaretta Waltersdorff, Mrs Cornelius Kortright of Hylands, Essex

Jens Juel, 1790–1795

Chelmsford Museum and the Essex Regiment Museum, Chelmsford

Juliana Margaretta Waltersdorff (1769-1819) was the daughter of a Major in the Danish army. She married Sir Cornelius Hendrickson Kortright in the early 1790s who bought Hylands near Chelmsford, Essex. The sitter is wearing a red shawl over her shoulders and a red band in her curly brown hair.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Juliana Margaretta Waltersdorff, Mrs Cornelius Kortright of Hylands, Essex, 1790–1795

Date supported

2001

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

70 x 54.6 cm

Grant

3623

Total cost

11500

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