CHESTERFIELD, FOURTH EARL OF, PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, (1694-1773, politician, wit, letter writer and collector of literary portraits)
PORTRAIT, CIRCLE OF WILLIAM HOARE R.A. OF BATH (1707/8-1792),
oil on canvas, half-length, wearing the sash and star of the Garter, inscribed top left [probably later] 'Philip 4th Earl of Chesterfield Obt 1773' and in an early hand on the verso 'Philip Earl of Chesterfield Ld Lieutenant of Ireland', 29 x 24 in (73.7 x 61 cm).
oil on canvas, half-length, wearing the sash and star of the Garter, inscribed top left [probably later] 'Philip 4th Earl of Chesterfield Obt 1773' and in an early hand on the verso 'Philip Earl of Chesterfield Ld Lieutenant of Ireland', 29 x 24 in (73.7 x 61 cm).
Sold for
£7,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- A portrait after the pastel by William Hoare now in the The Victoria and Albert Museum. Chesterfield was one of Hoare's first influential patrons. This painting is reproduced in Evelyn Newby, William Hoare of Bath R.A., Victoria Portrait Gallery, Bath, 1990.
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