PORTRAIT OF ISAAC MANNING (1773-1833), FULL-LENGTH, SEATED IN A STUDY, A VIEW OF EASTON NESTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, THROUGH A WINDOW BEYOND

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EDMUND BRISTOW (1787-1876)
PORTRAIT OF ISAAC MANNING (1773-1833), FULL-LENGTH, SEATED IN A STUDY, A VIEW OF EASTON NESTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, THROUGH A WINDOW BEYOND
signed 'E. Bristow/1823' (lower left)
oil on panel
29 x 24½ in. (73.5 x 62 cm.)

Provenance

Presumably commissioned by George, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (d.1830) for Easton Neston, Towcester, Northamptonshire; then by descent at Easton Neston to Lord and Lady Hesketh; who sold Sotheby's, Easton Neston, Towcester, Northamptonshire, 17-19 May 2005, lot 242.

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Lot Essay

The sitter was agent to both the 3rd and 4th Earls of Pomfret, George Fermor and Thomas Fermor. On his death, Anabel Elizabeth, Countess of Pomfret, placed a tablet in his memory at the church of Easton Neston for his "long and valuable services".

EASTON NESTON
The Fermor family, later Barons Lempster (Leominster) and Earls of Pomfret, obtained the Empson Estate centred on the village of Easton Neston, Northamptonshire. The family seat was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor for Sir William Fermor, later created Lord Leominster, following advice from Sir Christopher Wren on the building of a new mansion on the site, circa 1680.

George, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830) spent much of his time working to overcome financial encumbrances inherited from his father. With the help of his wife, Mary Trollope Brown's fortune, he extended the estate and had areas re-landscaped, adding a new neo-classical stable block. Such improvements were made possible through the agency of Isaac Manning.

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