The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 115. Portrait of Harriet Parry, Mrs Wadham Knatchbull (c. 1711-1794).

Attributed to Enoch Seeman

Portrait of Harriet Parry, Mrs Wadham Knatchbull (c. 1711-1794)

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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Attributed to Enoch Seeman

Gdansk circa 1694 - 1745 London

Portrait of Harriet Parry, Mrs Wadham Knatchbull (c. 1711-1794)


oil on canvas, in a carved and pierced giltwood frame

76.1 x 63.4 cm.

Catalogue of Portraits, 1920, no. 61.
The sitter was the daughter of Charles Parry of Oakfield, Berkshire. On 8th July 1743 she married the Rev. Wadham Knatchbull (1707-60), son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Bt. (1674-1730) (see lots 110 and 112) and his wife Alice Wyndham. Her husband studied law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was a fellow between 1731 and 1739. He was later vicar of Chilham, and Chancellor and Prebendary of Durham.