Lot Essay
Shalcross Fitzherbert Jacson inherited the Newton Hall estate in 1856, when he assumed the Widdrington name. He married Cecelia Gregge-Hopwood of Hopwood Hall, Lancashire, on 20 April 1864.
Portrait of Shalcross Fitzherbert Widdrington (formerly Jacson) (1826-1917), bust-length, in a dark coat and Portrait of Cecelia Widdrington, née Gregge- Hopwood, bust-length, with ribbon in her hair and a white lace shawl
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HENRY WEIGALL (BRITISH, 1829-1925)
Portrait of Shalcross Fitzherbert Widdrington (formerly Jacson) (1826-1917), bust-length, in a dark coat and Portrait of Cecelia Widdrington, née Gregge- Hopwood, bust-length, with ribbon in her hair and a white lace shawl
oil on canvas
24½ x 20¾ in. (62.2 x 52.7 cm.)
Circa 1868, in the original carved giltwood frames
a pair (2)
Portrait of Shalcross Fitzherbert Widdrington (formerly Jacson) (1826-1917), bust-length, in a dark coat and Portrait of Cecelia Widdrington, née Gregge- Hopwood, bust-length, with ribbon in her hair and a white lace shawl
oil on canvas
24½ x 20¾ in. (62.2 x 52.7 cm.)
Circa 1868, in the original carved giltwood frames
a pair (2)
Literature
Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1925, p. 133.
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