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Property from an English Private Collection

John Riley

Portrait of Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Bt. (1643-1709), Governor of Bombay and President of the East India Company

Lot Closed

April 6, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an English Private Collection

John Riley

London 1646 - 1691

Portrait of Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Bt. (1643-1709), Governor of Bombay and President of the East India Company


inscribed on the reverse of the original canvas: H.O 3rd Bart / Lt Gonr. of / Bombay / nephew of / Sr G.O. / Govr of Bombay

later inscribed upper right: Sr. Henry Oxenden Baronet / 2d Son of Sr. Henry Oxenden Bar:t

oil on canvas, unlined, in a Sutherland frame

unframed: 126.4 x 102.6 cm.; 49¾ x 40⅜ in.

framed: 160 x 140.5 cm.; 63 x 55⅜ in.

By descent in the Oxenden family, Deane Park and Broome Park, Kent, to
Muriel Dixwell-Oxenden, Lady Capel Cure (1869-1968), Broome Park, Kent;
Her sale et al., London, Christie's, 20 November 1931, lot 85, to Meatyard;
The grandfather of the present owner;
Thence by descent.
Lady V. Manners, 'The Oxenden Collection, Part II', in The Connoisseur, vol. XLI, no. 163, March 1915, p. 129.