Thomas Murray (1663-1735)

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Thomas Murray (1663-1735)

Portrait of Henrietta Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham, full-length, in Oriental dress, holding a mandolin in her right hand, in an interior
89 x 52 7/8in. (226.1 x 134.2cm.)

Provenance

The Earls Cowper, Panshanger; Christie's, 16 October 1953, lot 99 (25 gns. to Wiggins)
Anon. sale, Christie's, 18 November 1988, lot 107 (#5,500)

Literature

E.K. Waterhouse The Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters, 1981, illus. p. 253

Exhibited

Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857

Lot Essay

Henrietta was the daughter of Thomas, Earl of Ossory, and his wife, Lady Amelia de Nassau, eldest daughter of Henry Nassau, Lord Auverquerque. On 12 January 1697 she married Henry d'Auverquerque, Baron Alford, Viscount Boston and Earl of Grantham; they had several children. She died on 11 October 1724 and was buried at Westminster.

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