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拍品專文
Francis Rawdon Hastings (1754-1826) was a distinguished soldier and statesman. His military career began in the American War of Independence and, after campaigns in Flanders and Brittany, he was promoted to the rank of General in 1803. In 1813 he was appointed Governor-General of Bengal and over his nine year term in office, he led successful campaigns in Nepal, the Pindaris and the Mahrattas. Credited with establishing British supremacy in central India, he was subsequently appointed Governor of Malta. In 1793 Hastings succeeded his father as the 2nd Earl Moira and in 1817 was created Marquess of Hastings.
Originally a Royal park, Donington became the Hastings family seat in 1595. In 1789 Francis inherited the estate upon the death of his uncle, the 10th Earl of Huntingdon, and commissioned the architect William Wilkins to build a new house on the site of the early seventeenth-century Hall. Wilkins built the Hall in a grand late gothic style in collaboration with the landscape architect Humphry Repton.
A virtually identical table featuring the same pattern of lion mask handle was sold ‘50 Years of Collecting: The Decorative Arts of Georgian England’, Christie’s, London, 14 May 203, lot 145 (£33,460 including premium).
Originally a Royal park, Donington became the Hastings family seat in 1595. In 1789 Francis inherited the estate upon the death of his uncle, the 10th Earl of Huntingdon, and commissioned the architect William Wilkins to build a new house on the site of the early seventeenth-century Hall. Wilkins built the Hall in a grand late gothic style in collaboration with the landscape architect Humphry Repton.
A virtually identical table featuring the same pattern of lion mask handle was sold ‘50 Years of Collecting: The Decorative Arts of Georgian England’, Christie’s, London, 14 May 203, lot 145 (£33,460 including premium).