Lot 19
  • 19

Sir Peter Lely 1618-1680

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Peter Lely
  • Portrait of Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt. (1613-1696)
  • oil on canvas
three-quarter length, standing, wearing classical dress

Provenance

By family descent

Condition

STRUCTURE The canvas has been lined. PAINT SURFACE There are no apparent tears or damages and the work would appear to be in generally good condition. ULTRAVIOLET Examination under ultraviolet light reveals a thick varnish which obscures a clear reading. However there would appear to be some minor re-touchings to the edges of the canvas where a frame may have rubbed, as well as some re-touchings to the background. FRAME Held in a painted wood frame.
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Catalogue Note

The sitter was the son of Sir Edmund Verney (1590-1642)  and his wife, Margaret Denton.  He was married at the age of fifteen to Mary Blacknall, daughter of John Blacknall, a lawyer in Abingdon.  He served as M.P. for Aylesbury during the Short and Long Parliaments, but in 1643 he refused to sign the Solemn League and Covenant.  He withdrew from Parliament and fled to France, and was consequently expelled from Parliament.  Verney returned to England in 1653. and although briefly imprisoned as a royalist he eventually inherited his estates.  At the Restoration Verney was raised to the baronetcy.  He re-entered Parliament and served as Member for Buckingham in 1681, 1685 and 1689.  He was naturally inclined to ignore court politics, and was held in high regard by his family, and his constituents.