Samuel Cooper

Portrait of Mrs John Hoskins (d. before 1653)

Auction Closed

July 5, 10:16 AM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of the Harford family

Samuel Cooper

London 1609 - 1672

Portrait of Mrs John Hoskins (d. before 1653)

Black chalk on prepared paper

189 by 142 mm

Probably Mrs Samuel Cooper (1623-1693), the artist’s wife,

probably Mrs Richard Gibson, née Anne Shepherd (d. 1707), the artist's wife,

probably Susannah-Penelope Rosse (d. 1700), the artist's daughter,

probably Michael Rosse (d. circa 1735), her husband,

probably his sale, London, Cecil Street, April-May 1723, unknown lot number,

possibly (according to family tradition) Christopher Tower of Huntsmoor Park, Buckinghamshire (1657-1728),

possibly Christopher Tower (1692-1771),

possibly Christopher Tower (1747-1810),

possibly the Rev. William Tower of Weald Hall, Essex (1789-1847),

Mrs William Henry Harford, née Ellen Tower (1832-1907),

Hugh Wyndham Luttrell Harford (1862-1920),

Arthur Hugh Harford (1905-1985),

by descent to the present owner

We are very grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in clarifying the early provenance of this collection. Please see his article ‘William Towers (-1678) art dealer and collector’

Neil Jeffares | Fairness, candour & curiosity – from finance to art history (wordpress.com)

D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper 1609-1672, London 1974, pp. 85-86;
D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper and his contemporaries, London 1974, p. 71, no. 139;
D. Foskett, Collection Miniatures, Woodbridge 1979, p. 104;
M. Edmond, 'Limners and Picturemakers', The Walpole Society, vol. 47 (1980), pp. 110 & 114;
L. Stainton and C. White, Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth, exh. cat. London, British Museum, 1987, pp. 33, 111 & 112, no. 76;
E. Rutherford et al, Warts and All, The Portrait Miniatures of Samuel Cooper, London 2013, pp. 115 & 116

London, Royal Academy, The Age of Charles II, 1960-1961, no. 508;
London, National Portrait Gallery, Samuel Cooper and his contemporaries, 1974, no. 139;
London, British Museum & New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth, 1987, no. 76

For further information on the work please refer to lot 8.