Royal & Noble
Royal & Noble
Property from the Berkeley Collection at Spetchley Park
Anton Hickel
Portrait of Henry Swinburne (1743-1803)
No reserve
Lot Closed
January 18, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Berkeley Collection at Spetchley Park
Anton Hickel
Český Krumlov 1745 - 1798 Hamburg
Portrait of Henry Swinburne (1743-1803)
signed and dated lower left: A. Hickel / p. 1794
oil on canvas, in a painted oval
unframed: 63.3 x 53.4 cm.; 25 x 21 in.
framed: 85.8 x 75.7 cm.; 33 ¾ x 29 ¾ in.
By descent from the sitter to his granddaughter Henrietta Sophia (d. 1857), who married Robert Berkeley (1794-1874) in 1822;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Inventory and Valuation of the furniture and effects at Spetchley Park, Worcester, The Property of R.G. Berkeley, Esquire, December 1949, listed in the 'Principal Corridor throughout cont'd.', p. 134.
Henry Swinburne was a travel writer whose accounts of journeys around Europe have been widely translated and reprinted. Born in Bristol, he travelled chiefly around Italy, France and Spain where he made important connections at court. Swinburne’s granddaughter, Henrietta Sophia Benfield, married Robert Berkeley (1794-1874) on 24 January 1822.