GROUP PORTRAIT, INCLUDING EDWARD CHESTER (1712-1767), OWNER OF COCKENHATCH, HIS BROTHER, PETER (1720-1799), GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, A GROOM AND THE CLERGYMAN OF THE PARISH OF BARKWAY, REV. WILLIAM ANDREW, FULL-LENGTH, IN A LANDSCAPE WITH HOUNDS BEYOND

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ARTHUR DEVIS (C.1711-1787)
GROUP PORTRAIT, INCLUDING EDWARD CHESTER (1712-1767), OWNER OF COCKENHATCH, HIS BROTHER, PETER (1720-1799), GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, A GROOM AND THE CLERGYMAN OF THE PARISH OF BARKWAY, REV. WILLIAM ANDREW, FULL-LENGTH, IN A LANDSCAPE WITH HOUNDS BEYOND
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25¼ X 30¼ IN. (64 X 76.8 CM.)

Provenance

BY DESCENT TO HARRY CHESTER, STANSTEAD, ESSEX (D.1970).

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Lot Essay

EDWARD CHESTER (1712-1767), OWNER OF COCKENHATCH, IN BARKWAY, HERTFORDSHIRE, IS SHOWN LEANING OVER AN ADJUSTABLE JUMP WITH HIS BROTHER PETER (1720-1799), LATER GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, STANDING NEXT TO HIM. TO THE FAR RIGHT, SEATED, IS THE REV. WILLIAM ANDREW (1678-1750), THEN VICAR OF BARKWAY, AND ON THE LEFT IS THE ESTATE MANAGER, THOMAS GORSUCH.

EDWARD CHESTER APPEARS IN AN IDENTICAL POSE IN DEVIS'S PORTRAIT OF 'LEAK OKEOVER, REV. JOHN ALLEN AND CAPTAIN CHESTER IN THE GROUNDS OF OKEOVER HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE' (PAUL MELLON COLLECTION, YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, NO. 235).

COCKENACH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS COCKENHATCH, WAS BUILT IN 1716, LATER ADDITIONS WERE MADE IN 1833 AND 1925.

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