Description:Portrait of a young girl wearing a white dress with a red stole. A parrot is sitting on her hand. Portrait of the sister of Thomas Whitby of Haywood Abbey, Great Haywood in a circular painted surround. Gilt picture frame.
Artist: Michael Dahl I (1656/1659-1743).
Thomas Whitby (1531-1621) aquired Shugborough. His son John Whitby sold Shugborough to the Anson family in 1624 and purchased Haywood Abbey, Great Haywood. His great grandson, John Whitby J.P. purchased Oakedge, Colwich around 1750. His son Rev. Thomas Whitby sold Oakedge to Hon. Thomas Clifford and purchased Creswell Hall prior to his death in 1828.
Dimensions 815mm x 932mm
From the Staffordshire County Museum collection.