Details
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN HAYLS (ACTIVE LONDON 1640-1679)
Portrait of The Hon. Edward Russell (1625-1665), three-quarter-length, in a buff jacket with gold sleeves, breastplate and a red sash, with a helmet resting on a ledge and a castle in a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
53 ½ x 53 3⁄8 in. (136 x 135.5 cm.)
with identifying inscription 'The Hono.ble Edward Russell / 4.th Son to Francis Earle / of Bedford' (lower left)
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
Provenance
(Presumably) by descent to the sitter's son,
Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1652-1727), and by descent to his great-niece,
Letitia Tipping (1699-1779), wife of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1695-1770), and by descent to their son,
Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and by inheritance to his niece,
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,
Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and thence by descent in the family to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), at Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
Literature
J. Grego, Inventory of Pictures: Portraits, Paintings, etc., Ombersley MS., 1905, where listed in the Grand Staircase.
ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950 and 26 May 1996, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, pp. 22 and 23.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS., as 'William Wissing', where listed on the Principal Staircase and Landing.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 40, as 'John Hayls', where listed on the Main Staircase.
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