Lot Essay
The sitter has traditionally been identified as Lady Mary Bertie (see lot 29), during her first marriage to Robert Raymond, 2nd Baron Raymond (c.1717-1756).
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Portrait of Lady Robert Bertie, née The Hon. Mary Blundell (1719-98), when Lady Robert Raymond, bust-length, in an ermine trimmed gown, in a feigned oval
Details
CIRCLE OF GEORGE KNAPTON (LONDON 1698-1778)
Portrait of Lady Robert Bertie, née The Hon. Mary Blundell (1719-98), when Lady Robert Raymond, bust-length, in an ermine trimmed gown, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 24 7⁄8 in. (76.2 x 63.2 cm.)
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
Portrait of Lady Robert Bertie, née The Hon. Mary Blundell (1719-98), when Lady Robert Raymond, bust-length, in an ermine trimmed gown, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 24 7⁄8 in. (76.2 x 63.2 cm.)
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
Provenance
(Presumably) by descent to the sitter's great-niece,
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,
Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and by descent in the family to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,
Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and by descent in the family to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
Literature
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS., as 'School of Hudson', where listed in the Study.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 12, as 'School of Hudson', where listed in the Study.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 12, as 'School of Hudson', where listed in the Study.