Lot 118
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CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
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CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)

PORTRAIT OF ROBERT CRESSETT (1696-1728), THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A RUST COAT WITH SILVER EMBROIDERY, BY A COLUMN, IN A LANDSCAPE, COUND HALL, SHROPSHIRE, BEYOND

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CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
PORTRAIT OF ROBERT CRESSETT (1696-1728), THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A RUST COAT WITH SILVER EMBROIDERY, BY A COLUMN, IN A LANDSCAPE, COUND HALL, SHROPSHIRE, BEYOND
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50 X 40 IN. (127 X 101.6 CM.)
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ROBERT CRESSETT (1696-1728), WAS THE SON OF EDWARD CRESSETT (D.1727), M.P. FOR SHREWSBURY 1710-1715, AND ELIZABETH DOUGHTY, WHOM HE MARRIED ON 8 AUGUST 1695. HE WAS THE GRAND-SON OF ROBERT CRESSETT OF UPTON CRESSETT AND COUND, SHROPSHIRE (1653-1678) AND ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF JAMES HUXLEY OF DORNFORD (1614-C.1672).
COUND HALL WAS BUILT FOR EDWARD CRESSETT IN 1704.

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