Portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), full-length, in a black doublet and pantaloons, wearing damascened armour, in a wooded river landscape by a waterfall, with a bridge and a castle beyond

Details

Francis Hayman (?Exeter ?1708-1776 London)
Portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), full-length, in a black doublet and pantaloons, wearing damascened armour, in a wooded river landscape by a waterfall, with a bridge and a castle beyond
signed[?], inscribed and dated 'THE RT. HON. PEREGRINE BERTIE LD. WILLOUGHBY / OF ERESBY BORN IN THE CHURCH PORCH OF / ST. WILLEBRODE AT WESEL IN GERMANY OCTR. 12th. 1555 / TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE COLLECTION / OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ANCASTER DECR 1739 / BY FRANCIS HAYMAN', and with identifying inscription 'THE RT. HON. PEREGRINE LORD WILLOUGHBY OF ERESBY / FATHER OF ROBERT EARL OF LINDSEY (both lower left), with the sitter's coat-of-arms and motto 'LOYALTY ME OBLIGE.' (twice, lower left) and inscribed 'AMARE DE LAS DOLCES.' (centre left) and 'CONTRA AVENDTIOR' (upper right), and 'VBIQVE PEREGRINVS / HIC DOMI.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
81½ x 51 3/8 in. (207 x 131.4 cm.)
in a carved, gilded and pounced frame

Provenance

Probably commissioned by Peregrine Bertie (1709-1777), son of Charles Bertie (d. 1730), of Uffington House, Lincolnshire, and by descent through his son, Albemarle, 9th Earl of Lindsey (1744-1818), to his grandson, Montague Peregrine Albemarle, 12th Earl of Lindsey (1861-1938), and by descent to his daughter,
the late Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (1893-1980).

Literature

B. Allen, Francis Hayman, New Haven and London, 1987, p. 175, no. 76.

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Lot Essay

Painted in 1739, this portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby, after the picture in the Ancaster Collection, Grimsthorpe Castle, is one of only two known copies made by Francis Hayman. The sitter was the son of Richard Bertie (1517-1582) and his wife, Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk, daughter of William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, whom she succeeded as 12th Baron in her own right. He was born in Wesel, Cleves, while his parents were in exile during the reign of Mary I, returning to England on Elizabeth I’s accession. He married Mary, daughter of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford. Willoughby’s illustrious military career and exceptional powers of leadership on the battle field were celebrated in contemporary verse, including the ballad of ‘Brave Lord Willoughby’.

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