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Thomas Beach, British 1738-1806- Portrait of the Hon. Arabella Craven (1774-1819), bust-length, seated, with her nurse; oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm. Provenance: The Craven family. By direction of the administrators of the Estate of the 7th Earl of Craven, Phillips, London, 11 December 1984, lot 50. Anon. sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 31 May 2009, lot 98. Private Collection, UK. Exhibited: London, Colnaghi, 'The British Face: A view of Portraiture 1625-1850', 19 February-29 March 1986, no. 41. Note: The present portrait relates to a full scale portrait of the Craven children painted by Thomas Beach in 1776 which sold at Sotheby's, London, on 4 July 2013, lot 200 (£25,000). Three further related portraits, formerly in the collection of the Craven family, were sold at Phillips, London, on 11 December 1984 (lots 51-54). Arabella Craven was the daughter of William, 6th Baron Craven (1738-1791). In 1793, she married General Hon. Frederick St John (1765-1844) and the couple had seven children.
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