Portrait of a Gentleman, half-length, in a blue velvet coat with gold embroidery and white cravat
Details
English School, circa 1720
Portrait of a Gentleman, half-length, in a blue velvet coat with gold embroidery and white cravat
with identifying inscription 'Sir Henry Edwardes 7th Bart. / Born. 1693 Died 26 March 1767' (lower right)
oil on canvas, oval
29 ¾ x 25 1/8 in. (75.5 x 63.7 cm.)
in a contemporary giltwood oval panel frame
Provenance
Probably by descent to Sir Henry Hope Edwardes Bt., Wootton Hall, Derbyshire and by descent to. Lt. Col. Henry James Hope-Edwardes, Netley Hall Shropshire, and by descent to. Lady More (née Hope-Edwardes formerly Coldwell) Netley Hall, Shropshire and subsequently Linley Hall, and by descent.