Eliza Eastlake (née Bailey)
Edward Poynter1864
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, United States
In 1856, Eliza Bailey (d. 1911) married Charles Eastlake (1836–1906), nephew of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, the first director of the National Gallery and then president of the Royal Academy. The younger Eastlake trained as an architect but became better known as a design reformer, particularly for his immensely popular Hints on Household Taste (1868), one of the most influential Victorian publications on home decoration and a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. Eastlake and Edward John Poynter likely first met in the 1840s when they were students at Westminster School. The circumstances surrounding the creation of this portrait of Eliza Eastlake are unclear. It has been suggested that it may have been the picture exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1865 as Portrait of a Lady, along with Poynter’s first great success, Faithful unto Death (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016
- Title: Eliza Eastlake (née Bailey)
- Creator: Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919, British
- Creator Lifespan: 1836/1919
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Gender: male
- Date Created: 1864
- Physical Dimensions: 17 1/8 x 13 inches (43.5 x 33 cm)
- Subject Keywords: collar, buttons (fasteners), gown, leg-of-mutton sleeves, profile (figure), woman, embroidery, piping (trimming), portrait
- External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
- Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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