Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, probably The Hon. Montague Blundell, in a white shirt, red waistcoat and blue naval jacket, in a feigned oval

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ENOCH SEEMAN (DANZIG, NOW GDANSK C. 1694-1744 LONDON)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, probably The Hon. Montague Blundell, in a white shirt, red waistcoat and blue naval jacket, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 1⁄8 x 24 7⁄8 in. (76.5 x 63.3 cm.)
in an 18th century Maratta frame

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

By descent to Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.

Literature

ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 24.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS., where listed in the Library.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 16, where listed in the Library.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

An inscription on the reverse of the stretcher identifies the sitter as 'The Honble Mr Blundell', presumably The Hon. Montague Blundell (d. 1733), the only son of Montague, 1st Viscount Blundell (see lot 127) and Mary Chetwynd (see lot 128), who predeceased his parents.

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