The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
PETER CROSS | PORTRAIT OF HUGH, BARON CHOLMONDELEY, LATER 1ST EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY (1662-1724)
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PETER CROSS
Fl. late 17th century
PORTRAIT OF HUGH, BARON CHOLMONDELEY, LATER 1ST EARL OF CHOLMONDELEY (1662-1724)
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gold frame, glazed reverse;
signed with the artist's monogram lower left: PC, signed, inscribed and dated verso: Lord Cholmondeley / 1704 / P. Cross
86 by 69 mm.
Robert H. Rockliff, Compton Grange, Eastbourne;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 November 1947, lot 32;
H.E. Backer;
E.A. Davies;
sale, London, Christie's, 23 June 1958, lot 106;
Mrs Robinson;
sale, London, Christie's, 10 June 1963, lot 165;
sale, London, Christie's, 16 June 1964, lot 169;
Edward Grosvenor Paine (d. 1989), New Orleans;
his sale, London, Christie's, 23 October 1979, lot 45
The sitter supported the claim of William and Mary to the English throne, for which he was created Baron Cholmondeley. In 1706 he was appointed to the Privy Council and further ennobled with the titles Viscount Malpas and Earl of Cholmondeley. Under Queen Anne he was Treasurer of the Household, a position he continued to hold under George I.