Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Property from the Estate of the late Hon. Thomas Noel
Tilly Kettle
Portrait of Gerard Ann Edwards (1732–1773); and a portrait of his wife Lady Jane Edwards (1732–1811)
Lot Closed
April 5, 12:26 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of The Late Hon. Thomas Noel
Tilly Kettle
London 1734–1786 Aleppo, Turkey
Portrait of Gerard Ann Edwards Hamilton (1732–1773); and a portrait of his wife Lady Jane Edwards (1732–1811)
the former signed lower left: T. Kettle Pinx
a pair, oil on canvas, in period Kentian frames
each unframed: 127.4 x 101.7 cm.; 50⅛ x 40 in.
each framed: 153.5 x 127.6 cm.; 60⅜ x 50¼ in.
(2)
Major M.W. Noel, Stardens, Gloucestershire;
By family descent until sold;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 22 November 1985, lots 117 and 118 for a combined total of £16,200;
With Anthony Mould, London;
From whom acquired by the present owner.
Col. W.F.N. Noel, Edwards of Weltham, Co. Leicester and of Ketton, privately printed 1910, reproduced;
E.F. Noel, Some Letters and Records of the Noel family, London 1910, np., reproduced;
J.D. Milner, 'Tilly Kettle', in Walpole Society, vol. XV, 1926–27, pp. 56, 59–60 and 84–45, reproduced pls XVIIa and b.