Sir William Gerard, facing left in plum-coloured velvet coat, lace cravat, full bottomed powdered wig

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CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH ZINCKE (1683/84-1767)
Sir William Gerard, facing left in plum-coloured velvet coat, lace cravat, full bottomed powdered wig
enamel on copper
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, reeded gold frame with later brooch attachment, the reverse engraved 'Sir Will.^m Gerard'

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Lot Essay

The sitter may be Sir William Gerard, 5th Bt., (baptised 22 June 1662 - buried 29 May 1721) who married Mary (buried 1726), 2nd daughter of and eventually heir of John Cansfield of Cansfield or their eldest son Sir William Gerard, 6th Bt., (1697-1732) who married Elizabeth (d. 1720), 4th daughter of Thomas Clifton of Lytham, co. Lancaster and had issue.

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