L12040

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Lot 166
  • 166

Katherine Read

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Katherine Read
  • Portrait of Thomas Brudenell, later Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1729-1814)

  • Pastel, held in the original carved giltwood frame;
    inscribed on a label, verso; Thomas 1st Earl of Ailesbury / 1730. 1814 / married Feby [sic]17 = 1761 to Susanna / daughter of Henry Hoare Esq / of Stourhead = Wilts

Provenance

By family descent

Literature

M. Morgan, 'British Connoisseurs in Rome,' British Art Journal, 2006, VII, pp. 40-44

Condition

This pastel has been carefully presented. The pigments remain largely unrubbed. Located at the upper right hand corner are three small areas of paper and pigment loss. Along the extreme right hand edge of the sheet, there is minor discolouration which is perhaps as a result of water damage. There is evidence of very minor surface dirt throughout.
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Catalogue Note

Thomas Brudenell was born in 1729, succeeding his uncle as 2nd Baron Bruce of Tottenham in 1747, later changing his name by Royal licence to Brudenell-Bruce.  He was sometime Lord of the Bedchamber to King George III, and acted as governor to the Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick, which led to him being created 1st Earl of Ailesbury (of the second creation) in 1776, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1780, and a Knight of the order of the Thistle in 1786. In 1761 he married Susanna Hoare and together they had five children. Following her death in 1783, he married Lady Anne Elizabeth Rawdon, daughter of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira.

We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in cataloguing this work.