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Jean-Baptiste van Loo 1684 - 1745
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- Jean-Baptiste van Loo
- Portrait of the Rt. Hon Edward Weston (1703-1770)
- oil on canvas
Half length, wearing a red jacket with gold brocade
Catalogue Note
The sitter was the son of Stephen Weston, and his wife, Lucy Sleech. He served as secretary to Viscount Townshend who was Secretary of State for the North. Weston also served as a government official in Ireland for some years. He married firstly, Penelope, the daughter of the Revd Symon Patrick of Dalham, Suffolk. Following her death in 1754 he married Anne, the daughter of John Fountayne of Melton. Lord Bute described him as 'a very able, worthy, good man'.