Circle of Charles Jervas (1675-1739)

Portrait of a Grey, 5th Lord Maynard, standing three-quarter length, in Peer's Robes

Details

Circle of Charles Jervas (1675-1739)
Portrait of a Grey, 5th Lord Maynard, standing three-quarter length, in Peer's Robes
oil on canvas
50 x 39½in. (127 x 100.4cm.)

Provenance

The late Frances, Countess of Warwick and The Hon. Maynard and Mrs. Greville, Easton Lodge, Dunmow, Essex; Christie's, London, May 28, 1948, lot 27 as Jervas (18gns. to Wiggins).

Lot Essay

Grey Maynard was the seventh son of Banaster, 3rd Lord Maynard and Lady Elizabeth Grey, only daughter of Henry, 10th Earl of Kent. On the death of his brother Henry, 4th Lord Maynard on December 7, 1742, he succeeded to the title, but lived only another two years before his own death on April 27th, 1745.

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