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Attributed to John Verelst fl. 1698-1734
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- John Verelst
- Portrait of Nathaniel Acton, (1684-1745)
- later erroneously inscribed l.l.: Nath. 3rd son of John/ Acton and Isabella Buxton/ Married May Dau of Sir/ John Rous of Henham and l.r.: Baptised 1684
- Oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame
- 127 by 101.5 cm.; 50 by 40 in.
Three quarter length, standing, wearing a grey satin tunic and blue robes, a wooded landscape beyond
Literature
Edmund Farrer, Portraits in Suffolk Houses East, Vol.II, MSS, 1921, listed as no.1 at Broke Hall;
Catalogue Note
The sitter was the son of John Acton and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Lambe of Barham, Suffolk. He married three times. He married firstly, Mary, daughter of Sir John Rous, of Henham Hall, Suffolk, who died 31st May 1717 (see next lot). In 1718 he married secondly, Susan, daughter of James Gibson of Ipswich, who died in October 1720. He married thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Fowle of Brome Hall, Suffolk. He served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1731.