Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
Portrait of Francis Homfray (1725–1798), half-length
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Lot Closed
January 17, 03:57 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
Circle of Francis Hayman, R.A.
Portrait of Francis Homfray (1725–1798), half-length
inscribed on the reverse: Francis Homfray 1729.
oil on canvas
unframed: 77 x 64 cm.; 30¼ x 25¼ in.
framed: 96 x 83 cm.; 37¾ x 32⅝ in.
Homfray family collection, Penllyn Castle, Glamorgan, by 1962;
Boothby family collection, Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan, probably through the marriage of Herbert Charles Richards Homfray (1890–1960) to Serena Margaret Boothby (1914–2006);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, 2 vols, Cardiff 1962, vol. 2, p. 110, no. 3 (as Anonymous, c. 1760, and as probably a picture of Francis Homfray Jnr. (1725–1798)).