Sr. John Lowther Bar.t
Sr P. Lelij Pinxit
Alex Browne excudit. [nd. c.1680]
Counterproof mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Small margins. Taped into mount. Very faint foxing.
John Lowther, second baronet (bap.1642-d.1706), politician and industrialist. Related painting unknown, presumably destroyed in fire at Lowther Hall in 1725. Lowther planned and developed Whitehaven, the first planned town built in England after the middle ages. A commissioner of the admiralty, Lowther also invested heavily in trading voyages to Virginia and the Baltic, and 'effectively used Whitehaven for gathering intelligence during the Irish war of 1689-90' (DNB). He was an active member of the Royal Society and had a wide range of cultural interests, with an extensive library and collection of pictures.
CS21. Turner B28 II of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64955] £260.00
Alex Browne excudit. [nd. c.1680]
Counterproof mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Small margins. Taped into mount. Very faint foxing.
John Lowther, second baronet (bap.1642-d.1706), politician and industrialist. Related painting unknown, presumably destroyed in fire at Lowther Hall in 1725. Lowther planned and developed Whitehaven, the first planned town built in England after the middle ages. A commissioner of the admiralty, Lowther also invested heavily in trading voyages to Virginia and the Baltic, and 'effectively used Whitehaven for gathering intelligence during the Irish war of 1689-90' (DNB). He was an active member of the Royal Society and had a wide range of cultural interests, with an extensive library and collection of pictures.
CS21. Turner B28 II of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64955] £260.00