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Lady Ann Campbell. Countess of Strafford.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. T. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Slightly toned.
A half length portrait of Ann Campbell (c.1715-85), daughter of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and wife of William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford. Horace Walpole called her 'a vast beauty'. The original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (accession No 99.63). Hamilton p.135; CS 5 ii of ii; Russell 6a. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67973] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable S.r John Willes, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Comon Pleas, And one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council.
Johnson fecit [after Thomas Hudson].
[n.d., c.1746.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Sir John Willes (1685-1761), the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas since the 15th century. He was also notorious for gambling and womanising, and was said to have several illegitimate children. William Hogarth portrayed Willes unflatteringly in a pair of paintings, 'Before' and 'After' (sex). now in the Tate. CS p.731.
[Ref: 61648] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
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