Portraits of Lady Anne Spencer and Sir Richard Spencer
These formal portraits of Lady Anne and Sir Richard Spencer may have been painted between 1833 - 1839, when Sir Richard was the Resident Magistrate in the small struggling settlement of Albany. Wearing their finery, and with Sir Richard proudly displaying the Order of Bath medal, these paintings reflect the custom of the time when the image presented to the public did not necessarily reflect day to day difficulties. Could this be a case of “the more things change, the more things stay the same”?
