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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA German porcelain cane handle depicting Frederick the GreatPossibly Berlin, circa 1770The top decorated (probably at a later date) with a portrait of Frederick the Great, the sides with spiralling floral garlands, with a gold mount on a wooden base, 5.5cm high (without base), 12.4cm high (with base)Footnotes:Provenance:Dutch Private CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two portrait miniaturesA Gentleman, wearing blue coat and tied white cravat, yellow metal oval frame, the rear with arranged hair, together with another smaller example of a female subject,5.3 x 4.5cm (2 1/16 x 1 3/4in).7.5 x 6.3cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/2in) and This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A shell cameo ring of a man, 19th-20th centuryThe portrait of George V in profile facing left, with short hair and clipped beard, in a 9 carat gold ring mount, UK hallmark 1915, ring size T½, length 14mm, width 10mmFootnotes:Provenance:A private UK single-owner collection formed in the mid 20th century This lot is to be sold without reserveFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A hardstone cameo of a classical head, 19th centuryThe youthful portrait facing right, with short curling hair, in a closed-back setting, later ring mount, ring size L, length 19mm, width 22mm Footnotes:Provenance:A private UK single-owner collection formed in the mid 20th century This lot is to be sold without reserveFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A hardstone cameo portrait, by Giovanni Battista Weder, late 18th centuryDepicting the head of Dr Martin Folkes (1690-1754), in profile, facing right, in a later ring mount, signed at base of bust Weder F, ring size R, length 23mm, width 18mmFootnotes:This is cameo is derived from a medal of scientist and antiquarian Dr Martin Folkes by Jacques-Antoine Dassier (1715-1759). Dassier produced a series of 13 medals of famous figures living in England - others included Alexander Pope, Robert Walpole and Sir Hans Sloane. Folkes was president of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. See L Forrer, 'Biographical Dictionary of Medallists', 1904, pp 510ff, Edward Hawkins, 'Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland', 1885 (reprint 1969), 558/185 and Christopher Elmer, 'British Commemorative Medals', 210, No 556.Master gem engraver Giovanni Battista Weder was born in Rome in 1742. Patrons included the Pope and the Russian court.Provenance:A private UK single-owner collection formed in the mid 20th century This lot is to be sold without reserveFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A hardstone cameo of a man, 18th-19th centuryThe portrait head, facing right, with short hair and clean shaven, in a later ring mount, ring size J½, length 21mm, width 16mmFootnotes:Provenance:A private UK single-owner collection formed in the mid 20th century This lot is to be sold without reserveFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Agate portrait intaglio, by William Barnett, late 18th centuryOval, depicting the profile of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), facing right, in a later ring mount, accompanied by a plaster cast, signed Barnett in the field, intaglio measures 23x16mm, ring size M, casedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century portrait miniature of a Lady inset to the centre, the framed surround set with alternate old cut diamonds and seed pearls mounted in unmarked yellow metal assessed as 15ct gold, glazed hair compartment to reverse, pin and scroll clasp, diameter approx. 35mm, total gross weight approx. 12.5gms Condition report: Good- all stones and settings present, one diamond has a slight chip to girdle, minor wear and tear clasp intact but would benefit from attention
English school, early 19th Century A portrait miniature on ivory depicting a young lady wearing a white dress with pink shawl and cameo necklace, in a yellow metal frame, LC monogram to back, inscribed in french to a yellow metal table 'Doux d'amitie pour la vie', in an associated fitted leather case, 7cm.Condition: Some fading in places. Thumbprint in the upper right margin. Minor dints to bezel. Inscribed tablet adrift.
English school, (19th Century)A portrait miniature on ivory of a young lady wearing a white dress with black belt, in original fitted leather case, 7cm.Condition: Some light fading to sitter. Some spotting to background. Chip to top edge. Bezel slightly warped and working loose. Some wear and signs of age to case.
An Unusual Small Italian 60-Bore Roman-Lock GunMid-18th CenturyWith shortened two-stage barrel with brass-covered turn at the muzzle and engraved with foliage forward of the girdle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and engraved with foliage at the rear, border engraved tang, characteristic foliate engraved lock (defective), highly figured stock (fore-stock replaced and repaired in front of the lock) moulded around the lock and on each side of the butt, cast, pierced and chased brass mounts secured by tacks and comprising foliate side-plate inhabited by a horseman lancing an animal, foliate escutcheon involving a winged portrait medallion supported by a pair of putti, butt-plate naively engraved with figures including a horseman lancing a dragon, the tang along the comb of the butt pierced and chased with foliage, trigger-guard with finial en suite and with a further portrait medallion on the bow, engraved trigger-plate, and later brass-tipped ramrod (belt hook missing, ramrod-pipe replaced) 20.7 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Unusual English Brass-Mounted Hanger Late 17th CenturyWith slightly curved single-edged blade (old rust patination and pitting) struck on both sides towards the forte with bladesmith's portrait bust mark, one side surmounted by a latten-inlaid dagger mark, hilt comprising quillons cast and chased with foliage on both sides, the lobed recurved tips with helmeted male portrait bust on each side, basal mount with a horseman between foliage on both sides below a border of pierced foliage, large pommel-cap with helmeted male portrait bust in relief on one side and chased with a female portrait bust on the other both between vertical bands of overlapping foliage, the top with a cherub's mask in relief centred on a border of engraved foliage, and natural buckhorn grip beaked beneath the pommel 31.4 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English 'Mortuary' Hilted BackswordMid-17th CenturyWith tapering blade joined at the forte and cut with three fullers over most of its length on each side, two extending to the double-edged point, the fullers on both sides of the forte incised 'ME SOLINGEN FECIT' between punched trefoils, iron hilt (some pitting) comprising guard pierced and chiselled with a portrait bust on each side between profile heads amid scrolling foliage, short scrolled wrist-guard, knuckle-guard flanked by two diagonal bars to bifurcated bars all chiselled with foliage, the knuckle-guard and side-bars screwed to the globular pommel chiselled with foliage en suite, and grip bound with two thicknesses of twisted brass wire between Turk's heads 89.5 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Italian 25-Bore Flintlock PistolBy P. Martinoni, Mid-Late 18th CenturyWith slightly swamped two-stage barrel engraved with foliage at the muzzle, turned girdle and at each end of the octagonal breech, the latter with gold-lined maker's mark, 'RA' crowned (gold incomplete) on the top flat between a silver-inlaid crucifix and small cross marks, foliate engraved tang, rounded lock chiselled in relief with foliage on the tail and with a seated female figure beneath the pan, the latter signed beneath and chiselled en suite, cock chiselled with a naked female figure and foliage, the retaining screw with a male portrait bust, moulded highly figured full stock inlaid with silver wire scrollwork (some losses), steel mounts chiselled in relief with flowering foliage and male and female figures in landscapes, comprising shaped side-plate with a border of rocailles, spurred pommel with rounded cap, trigger-guard with a female figure on the bow holding a Phrygian cap in one hand and a fasces in the other, engraved ramrod-pipes with rear finial en suite, escutcheon chiselled with a naked figure holding a bunch of grapes, and original horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 16.5 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted HangerLondon Silver Hallmarks For 1691, Maker's Mark HH ConjoinedWith slightly curved blade double-edged over nearly half its length to the point, the forte on both sides deeply struck with a King's head mark, hilt comprising recurved quillons each cast and chased in the round with monster's head terminal, plain collar, pommel-cap cast and chased with two portrait busts of Roman emperors, two cherub's masks and foliage, all against a punched ground, and natural buckhorn grip, in original partly tooled brown leather scabbard with silver locket and chape 43.8 cm. bladeFootnotes:For a very similar example with maker's mark of Richard Fuller see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 277, pl. 18For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Pair Of Tusco-Emilian 38-Bore Snaphaunce Belt PistolsOne Signed 'Brento' And Dated 1763With slender two-stage barrels each decorated with engraved panels of scrollwork at the rear of the breech, in front of the turned girdle, and at the muzzle, shaped tangs engraved with foliage on a hatched ground, rounded locks (one inscribed and dated on the inside) chiselled in relief with scrolls, a mask, a demi-figure, profile heads, a bird's head, and, on each pan-cover, a dog's head, the heads of the retaining bolts each chiselled with a cherub-mask (one bolt and one top jaw replaced), moulded figured full stocks (some repairs and restorations) partially carved in relief with scrollwork against a punched ground, the fore-ends each with a demi-figure, chiselled and pierced steel mounts decorated in low relief with scrollwork, monster-heads, demi-figures, and portrait busts, spurred pommels with pairs of demi-figures blowing trumpets, the escutcheons each with coronet above and grotesque mask beneath, chiselled triggers each issuing from a bird's head, and wooden ramrods each with iron-mounted horn tip (some scattered surface pitting, one belt hook missing) (2)27.7 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceGustav Didderich, PhiladelphiaChristie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 December 2002, lot 194ExhibitedLoan Exhibition of European Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 3 August-27 September 1931, cat. no. 310 (illustrated)For information on the gunmakers of Brento, see Nolfo di Carpegna, 'Notes on Central Italian Firearms of the Eighteenth Century', part I, J.A.A.S,, vol. VII, no. 2 (June 1971), pp. 18-19: 'Notes of the Firearms of the Tosco-Emilian Apennines', Arms and Armor Annual, Vol. 1, 1973 (R. Held, ed.), pp. 229-231This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Edwin Douglas (British, 1848-1914)Persimmon - the 1896 Derby Winner signed 'E Douglas' and dated 1897, oil on canvas29 x 39cm (11 7/16 x 15 3/8in).Footnotes:Persimmon is a well known 19th century British thoroughbred racehorse and sire owned by King Edward VII. In a racing career that lasted from 1895-1897, he ran nine times and won seven races including the St Ledger, the Ascot Gold Cup, the Eclipse Stakes and the 1896 Epsom Derby. Persimmon died of a fractured pelvis aged only 15 in 1908, however his taxidermied head is on display at the National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket.Provenance:This picture was given to the vendor's great grandfather Edmund Walker who was the Sandringham Stud Manager to King Edward VII. Persimmon was raised by Edmund as a foal and then went on to be trained by Richard Marsh. There is still a statue of Persimmon at the front of Sandringham Stud with Edmund Walker's name on the plinth. This is one of two paintings, the other being held in the Royal Collection. It is thought that this painting was the original portrait of Persimmon given to Edward VII, however it is said King Edward did not like the way the straw was painted and therefore sent it back to be done again. The picture in the Royal Collection is thought to be the new and improved version, and this earlier version was gifted to Edmund Walker who was also a personal friend to the King. The next lot displays four of Persimmon's horseshoes displayed in a glazed case.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Reuben Ward Binks (British, 1880-1950)'Glenlogie of Springfort' - Portrait of a Deerhoundsigned 'R Ward Binks' and dated 1924, watercolour 26.5 x 36cm (10 7/16 x 14 3/16in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A small quantity of commemorative and portrait medals, including: France: Austria Subdued, a copper-washed bronze medal by Brenet, 68 mm, Fame with trumpet, rev. Napoleon and Murat receive the mayors of Paris, about very fine; medal for subscribers to the association for [the commemoration] of French Victories, by Barre, bronze, 50 mm, edge inscribed 'P. F. D. BOINET. ANC. OFF. D'ARTILLERIE', good very fine or better; Britain: Jubilee 1897, silver, 26 mm (E 1817b), nearly extremely fine; Coronation 1902, silver, 31 mm (E 1871b), nearly extremely fine; and five others. [9]
A collection of portrait medals of public figures of the 19th and 20th centuries, including: Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer), bronze, 76 mm; Cardinal Patrick Hayes, congratulatory banquet, bronze, 63 mm; John Endecott (17th century Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony), bronze, 102 mm; Joseph Fry Bicentenary 1928, bronze, 51 mm, bust left, rev. a cocoa tree, cased (E 2013); Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch philosopher), quartercentenary, bronze, 60 mm, bust left, rev. an owl; Vincent van Gogh, bronze, 62.5 mm, bust quarter left, rev. sunk relief of a nude, text in concentric rings; Johann Kepler; Dr W. Dree; and others, mainly extremely fine or nearly so, unless otherwise stated. [18]
A collection of continental bronze portrait and memorial medals and plaques, subjects including: Friedrich Schiller, Albert Bartholomé (French sculptor and painter, the reverse in the form of his celebrated 'Monument to the Dead' in the Père Lachaise cemetary in Paris), Ernest Renan, Alphonse Daudet (French author, the reverse displaying the central motifs from L' Arlesienne), Frederick Chopin, Prosper Mérimée, Ludwig van Beethoven, Abelard and Heloise (a pair of bronze medals by Gayrard), Anatole France, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and others. [25]
Three large bronze portrait medals: William Shakespeare, by Maurice Debus, 167 mm, rev. Lady MacBeth; Raja Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur, ruler of Kapurthala 1877-1947, 126 mm, bust right, rev. an elephant with ornate howdah; Alan Cathcart, 4th Earl Cathcart, by William McMillan, uniface, 115 mm, bust left; all extremely fine or nearly so. [3]
William McMillan R.A.: a small group of medals associated with the artist and sculptor famous for designing both the British War Medal 1914-20 and the British version of the Allied Victory Medal (the 'Great War Pair'): The Royal Society of British Sculptors Award for Sculpture to William McMillan A.R.A. 1925, silver, 52 mm, reclining classical warrior with figure on his upturned palm, rev. burning pyre raised on a tripod, engraved tablet below (W. MCMILLAN. ARA 1925) (E 2057), good very fine or better; three uniface bronze medals by McMillan: i) 'THE PLUMBER TELLS ME HIS JOB IS BRAINWORK AND I AM A PARASITE/ PERHAPS HE IS RIGHT', the sculptor at work, a plumber remonstrating with him through a window, 83 mm; ii) 'THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANT FORM?', the sculptor in contemplation of the female form, 86 mm; iii) 'NARCISSUS', Echo weeps over a reclining Narcissus, 80 mm; another uniface bronze medal apparently by the same hand, Society of British Sculptors, Foundation 1904, male nude with a figure in his hand; two uniface portrait medals by McMillan: i) Moreton Thorpe Knight of Oxied Surrey 1920, ii) John and Margaret Oxley Xmas 1926 (conjoined busts, inscribed 'To P Oxley from W. McMillan RA') , and three plaster models, including one for McMillan's 'THE PLUMBER TELLS ME..' medal described above. [10]
A over-painted portrait photograph of Lieutenant-General William Burlton, C.B., Indian Army; three quarter length facing, in dress uniform with plumed bicorn hat under his right arm, his left hand resting on the hilt of an 1831 pattern general officer's sword, wearing the Gwalior Star, a C.B. Badge, and the Army of India Medal with single clasp; gilt mount and frame. General Burlton's Army of India Medal was awarded with the clasp 'Ava', for service in Burma (the Hayward medal roll notes..... "Ass. Comm. General (Medal named to 2nd Light Cavalry)..."). He served at the battle of Mahrajpoor, 29th December 1843, and was appointed to be a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1846.
Late 18th/ early 19th century Continental School, a portrait of Empress Maria Theresa, oil on canvas, H.46cm W.32cm Provenance:Debenham Coe, South Kensington (later Christie's, South Kensington), Selected English, Continental and Old Master Paintings Sale, 12th June, 1974, Lot 23, where acquired by the previous owner
18th century Continental School, a portrait of Emperor Francis II of Austria, oil on canvas, H.46cm W.32cm Provenance:Debenham Coe, South Kensington (later Christie's, South Kensington), Selected English, Continental and Old Master Paintings Sale, 12th June, 1974, Lot 23, where acquired by the previous owner
Patek & Cie, Genève. An 18K gold and enamel key wind full hunter pocket watchDate: Circa 1830Movement: Gilt cylinder, 3-arm balanceDial: White, black Roman numerals, black outer minute track, blued steel handsCase: Hinged with stone set enamel portrait to front, further stone set blue enamel decoration to reverse, No.7828Signed: CuvetteSize: 33mmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
â–¡ SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN, N.E.A.C., R.P. (1872-1945) PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD, R.A. (1871-1926)dedicated & dated l.r.To F Derwent Wood - Homage from W Rothenstein - 1921 sanguine & white chalks 25.0 x 20.5 cm / 9 3/4 x 8 inRothenstein and Wood both taught at the Royal College of Art at the time that this portrait was made. Rothenstein was the Principal of the College while Wood was Professor of Sculpture. The composition and style are also highly similar to Rothenstein~s portrait of Augustus John in 1924 (NPG, London, No. 4246).
â–¡ FRANCIS DODD, R.A., N.E.A.C., R.P., R.W.S. (1874-1949) PORTRAIT OF CHARLES HASLEWOOD SHANNON, R.A. (1863-1937)initialled & dated l.r. D.W. 1905 inscribed l.m. Shannon chalks 29.5 x 22.0 cm / 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inThis portrait dates to the same year as Dodd~s portrait of Shannon~s partner, Charles Ricketts (British Museum, London, Acc. No. 1940,0210.7), also executed in chalks on paper. As part of the same artistic millieu, Dodd and Shannon will have known each other well by the time this work was executed. Seven years after this portrait the two artists were founder members of the short-lived Society of Twelve.
â–¡ WILLIAM BRUCE ELLIS RANKEN, R.I., V.P.R.O.I., R.P. (1881-1941) A PORTRAIT OF LINLEY FRANCIS MESSEL (1899-1971)monogrammed & dated l.r. 1921 with original label to backboard watercolour & pastels 48.5 x 36.0 cm / 19 x 14 inProvenance: The artist's studio until 1941 Janette Thesiger By whom given to Oliver Messel in 1946 This portrait was submitted to the Royal Society of Portrait Artists for exhibition in 1921, along with another of Linley Messel's sister, Anne, in the year before her Society Debut (Cat. No. 96) and one of his brother Oliver Messel (No.81). Linley Messel was the scion of the Anglo-German Messel banking dynasty. He commanded the Middlesex Yeomanry in WWII and worked in the family firm of L. Messel & Co. His brother was the celebrated costume designer and artist, Oliver Messel. His sister Anne, a famous Society figure, was founder of the Victorian Society, Countess of Rosse by her second marriage, the 1st Earl of Snowdon's mother by her first marriage to Ronald Armstrong-Jones, as well as being a highly-regarded horticulturist. W.B.E. Ranken is known to have painted all three Messel siblings, as well as their father Col. Leonard Messel O.B.E. He is also believed to have painted a further portrait of Anne Messel after her second marriage. Janette Thesiger (1877-1970) was a famous actress as well as Ranken~s sister, and married the actor Ernest Thesiger. The latter worked together with Oliver Messel in a number of productions (including Anthony & Cleopatra, 1945 and Under the Sycamore Tree, 1952). We are grateful to Wendy and Gordon Hawksley, of WilliamRanken.org.uk, who have confirmed the authenticity of the work and assisted with its cataloguing.
•□ ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH OPPENHEIMER, R.P. (1876-1966) A SKETCH FOR A PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMANsigned u.r., inscribed u.r. MOCM IIII [?] pencil heightened with white chalk 25.0 x 17.0 cm / 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inThe present subject may be Moritz Rosenheim, a sketch of whom on apparently similar paper is in the Oppenheimer-Prager Museum (New Brunswick, Serial No. d-0592).For a comparable work signed in a similar manner by Oppenheimer, see Portrait of George Salting (NPG, London, No. 1790)
ENGLISH PROVINCIAL SCHOOL (LATE 18th CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENERAL, SAID TO BE JOHN BURGOYNE, M.P., P.C. (1722-1792)inscribed u.r. Gen Burgoyne oil on panel 28.5 x 23.0 cm / 11 1/4 x 9 inThere were a number of portraits of Lieutenant General John Burgoyne completed throughout his lifetime. Of these pictures the present work bears closest resemblance to the sketch by John Graham, presently in the National Army Museum (Acc No. NAM. 1991-02-64), for his larger piece The Funeral of General Simon Fraser, which is dated circa 1791.
•□ SIR MILES FLETCHER DE MONTMORENCY Bt., R.B.A. (1893-1963) A STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS AND A JUGmonogrammed & dated l.r. 28 oil on canvas 39.0 x 49.0 cm / 15 1/4 x 19 1/4 inMiles de Montmorency was the 17th Baronet Morres, of Knockagh, Co. Tipperary, and husband of the stained glass designer and artist Rachel de Montmorency. He studied at the Dover School of Art, the Byam Shaw & Vicat Cole School of Art and finally the R.A. Schools. He worked primarily as a portrait painter after the Great War. His book A Short History of Painting in England was published in 1933 (J.M. Dent & Sons, London). He exhibited widely and was made the Honorary Librarian of the R.B.A. in the mid-1940's. He also produced a number of works which had been commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee. He was at one point Chairman of the Campden Hill Club, a society established by former Academy students in memory of Byam Shaw, under the presidency of George Clausen that staged exhibitions at Walker's Galleries in Mayfair.
JAMES WORSDALE (circa 1692-1767) PORTRAIT OF JOHN SOTHEBY, PHYSICIANsigned & dated l.r. Worsdale pinxit 1727 oil on canvas 73.0 x 60.0 cm / 28 3/4 x 23 1/2 inProvenance: The sitter's family by descent Sotheby's, London, Heirlooms, 12.10.1955, Lot 110 Sotheby's, Anonymous Sale, 16.5.1984, Lot 171 Christie's, South Kensington, Anonymous Sale, 25.9.1989, Lot 311The sitter's family tree was published in the important Sotheby's Heirlooms sale catalogue of 1955, and he is not believed to have been related to his namefellow, the founder of the eponymous auction house.
ATTRIBUTED TO ENOCH SEEMAN (1694-1744) PORTRAIT OF THE POET JOHN GAY (1685-1732)oil on canvas 73.0 x 58.0 cm / 28 3/4 x 22 3/4inProvenance: The Earl of Darnley By whom sold at his sale, Christie~s, London, 01.05.1925, Lot 4 (as John Gay, by William Aikman, bought Hugh Blaker for £31.10) Christie~s, London, Anonymous Sale, 29.06.1934, Lot 107 (sold as above) Christie~s, London, Anonymous Sale, 17.02.1984, Lot 120 (as Gay by Circle of Jonathan Richardson)The present work may relate to an unfinished portrait, thought to be of John Gay, that was sold at Christie~s, South Kensington, Old Masters & 19th Century Art, 10.12.2010, Lot 2071. There is also another version of the present work at Marble Hill House, Twickenham (Acc. No. 88029593). William Aikman~s portrait of circa 1720 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Acc. No. PG 718) is the work to which other portraits must be compared. Other important portraits of Gay with good claims to authenticity are the miniature by Christian Friedrich Zincke, now known only from engravings, and a portrait by Michael Dahl, both of which are directly comparable in their likenesses to the present work.
A. CONSTANCE RICHARDSON (fl.1927-1938) PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN PROFILEsigned l.l. & reverse of frame with exhibition labels for the Royal Portrait Society on reverse of frame pastels on card 47.5 x 40.0 cm / 18 3/4 x 15 3/4 inConstance Richardson studied under Seymour Lucas and George Harcourt, and latterly at Byam Shaw (with its eponymous founder and Vicat Cole) and the Regent Street Polytechnic.
AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER, R.A. PORTRAIT OF THE RT. HON. WILLIAM CLAYTON, BARON SUNDON OF ARDAGH (1671-1752)oil on canvas 122.0 x 99.0 cm / 48 x 39 inThe present work relates to Kneller~s 1719 portrait of Clayton, now in the Walker Art Gallery (Acc. No. WAG 6272). William Clayton began his career as a politican in the Exchequer, and managed the Duke of Marlborough~s estates. Clayton was favoured by the Prince of Wales throughout his career, according to some historical accounts because of his wife~s privileged position within Caroline of Anspach, Princess of Wales~ retinue (as ~Woman of the Bedchamber~). Clayton held a number of important governmental positions, and sat as M.P. for Liverpool, St Albans, Westminster, Plympton Earl and St Mawes. He was also made a lord of the Treasury in 1718. Clayton~s wife Charlotte is remembered for her own political career within the Court of Queen Caroline: her memoirs were published in 1847 (1) and the British Museum have a number of correspondences relating to her (2). Kneller is known to have painted Clayton on another occasion, slightly earlier than that in the Walker. This and a pendant portrait of Lady Sundon (also by Kneller) were sold at Christie~s, South Kensington, Old Masters & 19th Century Works of Art, 10.07.2009, Lots 61 & 62, as the Property of the Late Michael Copeman. In comparing the two works, one can see clearly the development of Kneller~s style over the course of his career: |...all traces of Continental fashion disappear from Kneller~s portraits. Around 1720, in such portraits as William Clayton, Baron Sundon of Ardagh - the canonical |hand-in-waistcoat| in its fully anglicised form - we see emerging the equivalent of Dryden~s |good plain English|...| (3)Bibliography: (1) Charlotte, Lady Sundon, Memoirs of Viscountess Sundon, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Caroline,~ 2 vols. 1847 [She was neither a viscountess nor Mistress of the Robes and G.A. Aitken notes that |this title is typical of the general innaccuracy of this work| (4)] (2) British Museum, London - Addit. MSS. 20102-5, 30516 (3) Arline Meyer - Classical Statuary: The 18th Century ~Hand-in-Waistcoat~ Portrait - The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, No. 1 (March 1995) - p.59 (4) George Atherton Aitken - Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 (Vol. 55) - Smith, Elder & Co. [Aitken notes |There are portraits after Kneller of Lord and Lady Sundon, with an inscription stating that they were presented in 1728 by Mrs. Clayton to Dr. Freind, who had attended her husband in a dangerous illness| (ibid.)]
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BARDWELL (1704-1767) PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH GREYSTONE OF BLAKESWARE PARK, WILFORD, HERTS.oil on canvas 106.5 x 81.0 cm / 42 x 32 inProvenance: Sotheby~s, London, Anonymous Sale, 08.04.1998, Lot 92 Blakesware Park was built circa 1640 by Sir Francis Leventhorpe, and was purchased in 1683 by John Plumer (1656-1719), a prosperous London merchant who became Sherrif of Hertfordshire; his sons Walter, William and Richard all went on to become Whig politicians and Members of Parliament. The essayist Charles Lamb recalls Blakesware in his Dream Children and Blakemore in H...shire, as his grandmother Mary Field was the housekeeper.
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