Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
Property of the Marquess of Downshire
After Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of Anne Popham (née Carr), half-length, wearing a red satin dress
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April 6, 01:38 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the Marquess of Downshire
After Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of Anne Popham (née Carr), half-length, wearing a red satin dress
later inscribed lower left: Lady Russell
oil on canvas
unframed: 75.8 x 63.8 cm.; 29⅞ x 25⅛ in.
framed: 93 x 80.2 cm.; 36⅝ x 31⅝ in.
In the family collection of the Marquess of Downshire for three generations.
Anne Carr was the daughter of William Carr, of Ferniehirst, Roxburghshire, who had been a Groom of the Bedchamber to James I. She married Colonel Edward Popham (1610–1651), the Parliamentary commander, by whom she had two children, a son Alexander and a daughter Letitia. In 1661, about ten years following her husband's death, she married Philip, 4th Baron Wharton (1613–1696) from whom she had one child.
The present work closely relates to a larger, three-quarter-length portrait by Sir Peter Lely and studio, sold at Sotheby's, London, in the Littlecote House sale, 20–22 November 1985, lot 842.
The present work closely relates to a larger, three-quarter-length portrait by Sir Peter Lely and studio, sold at Sotheby's, London, in the Littlecote House sale, 20–22 November 1985, lot 842.