STYLE: Private Collections

STYLE: Private Collections

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN BEDFORD

STUDIO OF WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH, R.A. | PORTRAIT OF PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773), HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A RED VELVET COAT AND THE GARTER STAR

Auction Closed

November 12, 05:03 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of John Bedford

STUDIO OF WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH, R.A.

Eye circa 1707 - 1792 Bath

PORTRAIT OF PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773), HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A RED VELVET COAT AND THE GARTER STAR


oil on canvas, in a painted oval

76.8 x 63.7 cm.; 30¼ x 25⅛ in.

In the current collection for at least three decades.

The sitter was a whig M.P. and statesman who distinguished himself as ambassador to The Hague for the magnificence of his entertainment, and as Viceroy of Ireland for the enlightenment and tolerance of his policies. He married Petronella von der Schulenberg, Countess of Walsingham, illegitimate daughter of George I. Another copy of this painting is in the National Portrait Gallery, London (inv. no. NPG 158), and a pastel of the sitter by Hoare is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. P.11-1943).

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