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
Studio of Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A.
Portrait of Miss Maria Boothby (1758–1805), daughter of Sir Brooke Boothby, 5th Bt. (1710–1789)
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January 17, 03:51 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
Studio of Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A.
Derby 1734–1797
Portrait of Miss Maria Boothby (1758–1805), daughter of Sir Brooke Boothby, 5th Bt. (1710–1789)
oil on canvas
unframed: 76.7 x 64 cm.; 30¼ x 25¼ in.
framed: 96.2 x 83.1 cm.; 37⅞ x 32¾ in.
By descent in the Boothby family at Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan, to the present owner.
J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, 2 vols, Cardiff 1962, vol. II, p. 96, no. 34 (as Joseph Wright of Derby);
B. Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light, London 1968, p. 182 (as a copy after a lost original by Joseph Wright of Derby);
A.D. Fraser Jenkins, 'The Paintings at Fonmon Castle', in S. Williams, Stewart Williams’ Glamorgan Historian, vol. 7, Glamorgan 1971, p. 68 (as likely to be the original by Joseph Wright of Derby), reproduced.
This painting is thought to be an early copy after a lost original by Joseph Wright of Derby. It is possible to venture that it may have been painted by one of Wright's studio assistants, such as James Rawlinson (c. 1769–1848).