Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 177. Portrait of Jane Bertie, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Ancaster (d. 1793), full-length, wearing a white silk dress, standing in a landscape and holding a kitten.

The Property of a Gentleman

George Knapton

Portrait of Jane Bertie, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Ancaster (d. 1793), full-length, wearing a white silk dress, standing in a landscape and holding a kitten

No reserve

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseNo Reserves

Lot Closed

December 9, 03:16 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman

George Knapton

London 1698 - 1778

Portrait of Jane Bertie, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Ancaster (d. 1793), full-length, wearing a white silk dress, standing in a landscape and holding a kitten

oil on canvas

unframed: 127.4 x 101.9 cm.; 50⅛ x 40⅛ in.

framed: 162.5 x 119.9 cm.; 64 x 47¼ in.

In the collection of the family of the present owner for at least three generations.

Jane Bertie married General Edward Mathew (1729–1805). Their daughter, Anne, married James Austen, brother of the novelist Jane Austen, in circa 1792, and Anne's father is said to have served as inspiration for the character of General Tilney in Northanger Abbey.