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
David Morier
Portrait of Sir William Boothby, 4th Bt. (1721–1787), on horseback
Lot Closed
January 17, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
David Morier
Berne circa 1705–1770 London
Portrait of Sir William Boothby, 4th Bt. (1721–1787), on horseback
oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame
unframed: 126.4 x 101.4 cm.; 49¾ x 39⅞ in.
framed: 152.6 x 127.2 cm.; 60⅛ x 50⅛ in.
By descent in the Boothby family at Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan, to the present owner.
A. Oswald, 'Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan – III: Home of Sir Seymour Boothby, Bt., and Lady Boothby', Country Life, vol. 105, no. 2724, 1 April 1949, p. 737, reproduced (as previously ascribed to Johann Zoffany, but probably a portrait by two hands, with Richard Brompton and David Morier tentatively put forward);
J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, 2 vols, Cardiff 1962, vol. II, p. 95, no. 25 (as attributed to Johann Zoffany).