$45,000
JOHN HOPPNER (BRITISH 1758-1810), OIL ON CANVAS, 1807, 30" X 25", "PORTRAIT OF LADY BAGOT":Ex. Property of John B. Ford Marital Trust. Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole, eldest daughter of William, 4th Earl of Mornington and niece to the Duke of Wellington, was born in 1786 and married in 1806 to Sir Charles Bagot, Under Secretary for the State for Foreign Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ambassador to St. Petersburg, The Hague and Vienna - also Governor General of Canada. Engraved in mezzotint by J.C. Webb, 1904. Exhibited: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.'s Gallery, London, 1904, number 11, lent by Colonel Bagot, M.P. Reproduced: "Hoppner" by McKay and Roberts, facing page 10, and catalogued there on page 10: "A charmingly painted picture." Collection: Sir Alan Desmond Bagot, Bt., of Levens Hall, Milnthorpe, Westmorland. Sold by M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. 6/21/1924 to John B. Ford. Provenance on file.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2006-09-17
