Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
JOHN FERNELEY SNR. | PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM MORDAUNT STURT MILNER, 4TH BT. (1779-1855) WITH TWO CLUMBER SPANIELS OUT SHOOTING
Auction Closed
January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
JOHN FERNELEY SNR.
Thrussington, Leics 1782- 1860 Melton Mowbray, Leics
PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM MORDAUNT STURT MILNER, 4TH BT. (1779-1855) WITH TWO CLUMBER SPANIELS OUT SHOOTING
inscribed on an old label verso: Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner Baronet / Painted by Old Mr. Fernily [sic] from a picture by the / same artist at Osberton & given to Lady Milner / by George Savile Foljambe Esqre 1841
oil on canvas, unlined, in a carved and gilt wood frame
76.6 x 64.7 cm.; 30⅛ x 25½ in.
Commissioned by the sitter's son-in-law George Saville Foljambe Esq. of Osberton Hall;
By whom given to, Harriet, Lady Milner (d. 1862), the sitter's second wife, in 1841;
By descent to the sitter's daughter Catherine, by his first wife Selina, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Theophilus Clements, who married the Rev. David Markham.
This painting relates to Ferneley's conversation piece depicting George Savile Foljambe and his father-in-law, William Milner, with keepers and Clumber spaniels shooting among silver furs at Osberton.1 The present work replicates the central figure - Sir William - from that canvas.
1 Sold London, Christie's, 18 May 2007, lot 85 for £692,000 - still the highest price achieved at auction for the artist.