Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
Circle of Francis Hayman, R.A.
Portrait of Francis Homfray (1725–1798), half-length
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Lot Closed
January 17, 03:57 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
Circle of Francis Hayman, R.A.
Portrait of Francis Homfray (1725–1798), half-length
inscribed on the reverse: Francis Homfray 1729.
oil on canvas
unframed: 77 x 64 cm.; 30¼ x 25¼ in.
framed: 96 x 83 cm.; 37¾ x 32⅝ in.
Homfray family collection, Penllyn Castle, Glamorgan, by 1962;
Boothby family collection, Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan, probably through the marriage of Herbert Charles Richards Homfray (1890–1960) to Serena Margaret Boothby (1914–2006);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, 2 vols, Cardiff 1962, vol. 2, p. 110, no. 3 (as Anonymous, c. 1760, and as probably a picture of Francis Homfray Jnr. (1725–1798)).