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Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. 1646 - 1723
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Portrait of Henrietta, Lady Langley
- oil on canvas
Three-quarter length, seated in a landscape, wearing a brown dress and a blue cloak
Provenance
By descent in the family of Frances, Lady Myddleton, Chirk Castle, the sitter's sister until the early twentieth century;
Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey Fitzhugh, Plas Power;
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 8th April 1992, lot 24, where acquired by the present owner
Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey Fitzhugh, Plas Power;
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 8th April 1992, lot 24, where acquired by the present owner
Literature
John Steegman, Portraits in Welsh Houses, 1957, Vol.I, p.121, no.6
Catalogue Note
The sitter was the daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore of Buildwas, and his wife, Frances Brooke, the celebrated court beauty. She was the wife of Thomas Langley of Brossley.