Sir Peter Lely and Studio 1618 - 1680

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Description

Sir Peter Lely and Studio
Portrait of a Lady, probably Margaret Wharton
oil on canvas, in a fine George II frame in the manner of William Kent
125.5 by 99cm.; 49 by 39in.

three-quarter length, wearing a white chemise and a brown dress

Provenance

Probably by descent from Margaret Wharton to her half-sister Jane, Baroness Wharton, wife of Robert Coke, who left her estate to Anna Maria Draycott, wife of George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret

Literature

PM 1919, p.1, item 3, 'Lady in brown' hanging in the Picture Hall;
AP 1927, p.1, item 6, 'Four three quarter length portraits of four women £400', in the Drawing Room;
Christian, Lady Hesketh, 'Easton Neston: Nicholas Hawksmoor's Baroque Creation in Northamptonshire', Architectural Digest, January 1991, p.142 illus. hanging in the Drawing Room

Catalogue Note

Margaret Wharton was the daughter of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton (see lot 48) and his second wife Jane Goodwin. She was married three times: firstly to Major Dunch of Pusey who died in 1679; secondly to Sir Thomas Sulyarde, Bt. who died in 1692; and thirdly to William 12th Baron Ross who died in 1738. By her first husband she had one son and two daughters.