LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

92.91 in. (236.00 cm.) (height) by 55.31 in. (140.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

later inscribed S Hatton Farmour of Easton Neston in ye Country of / Northampton Knt Son and Heir of S George Farmor of / Easton Aforesaid Knt, by Mary his wife, Daughter and Heiress, of Thoms Garson Esq. and charged with his coat of arms and those of his descendants. (lower right)

Literature:

George Vertue, 'Notebooks', in Walpole Society, 1936, Vol. IV, p. 37 (1732 - 'at Lord Pomfrets.at Easton near Towcester - in the gallery. Sr.Geo.Farmer.at len. 1597.his lady'); B. Fairfax, A Description of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire.., 1758, p.63.

Provenance:

By family descent until sold circa 1758 in one of the sales following the death of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret; E.J. Wythes, Copped Hall, Essex; His sale, London, Christie's, 22 November 1935, lot 43 (with the portrait of her husband), there purchased by F. Partridge, for £105; Acquired by the 1st Baron Hesketh; Easton Neston House Sale, Northampshire, Sothebys, 17-19 May 2005, lot 165.