Thomas Bardwell

Thomas Bardwell/Portrait of The Reverend Francis Barton/half length, in clerical dress/signed and dated, 1765/oil on canvas, 76cm x 63.5cm (30" x 25") /Provenance: Property of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt, Langley Park, Norfolk and by descent. Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Bt (1756-1827) was a notable collector who was advised, after his inheritance in 1773, by the artist Henry Walton. Sir Thomas' most celebrated acquisition was Poussin's 'Adoration of the Magi', now in the National Gallery, London. The Collection at Langley Park was started by his great-great uncle George Proctor who had acquired a notable group of works by Canaletto while in Venice and purchased the house in 1742/Literature: Catalogue of the Collection at Langley Park

Thomas Bardwell (British, 1704-1767) Portrait of a girl, three-quarter length, in ayellow dress and blue shawl, holding a shell in her right hand and standing by atable with a view to a landscape beyond signed and dated 'Bardwell .f. 1756' (lower left, on the stonetable) oil on canvas 126 x 101cm (49 5/8 x 39 3/4in).

Thomas Bardwell/Portrait ofThe Reverend Francis Barton/half length, in clericaldress/signed and dated, 1765/oil on canvas, 76cmx 63.5cm (30" x 25") /Provenance: Property of Sir ThomasBeauchamp-Proctor, Bt, Langley Park, Norfolk and by descent. Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Bt (1756-1827) was a notable collector who wasadvised, after his inheritance in 1773, by theartist Henry Walton. Sir Thomas' most celebrated acquisition wasPoussin's 'Adoration of the Magi', now in the NationalGallery, London. The Collection at Langley Park wasstarted by his Great Great Uncle, George Proctor, who had acquired a notable group of works by Canaletto while inVenice and purchased the house in 1742/Literature: Catalogue of theCollection at Langley Park

Thomas Bardwell (East Anglia 1704-1767 Norwich, Norfolk) Portrait of a girl, three-quarter-length, in a yellow dress and ablue shawl, holding a shell, other shells on the table besideher signed and dated 'Bardwell .f. 1756.' (lower left, on the stonetable) oil on canvas 49 7/8 x 39 7/8 in. (126.1 x 101.2 cm.) Lot Notes Bardwell employed a very similar composition, with the shellstill-life motif, in a Portrait of Lady Sophia Carteret, sold inthese Rooms on 12 July 1990, lot 33.

LOT 237 THOMAS BARDWELL EAST ANGLIA 1704 - 1767 NORWICH A PROSPECT OF TROWSE HALL, NORWICH 20,000—30,000 GBP measurements 103.5 by 140 cm.; 40 3/4 by 55 in. Description oil on canvas PROVENANCE By descent in the Money family, Trowse Hall, Norwich; Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 30th November 2000, lot 134; Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 7th June 2006, lot 181 CATALOGUE NOTE Trowse Hall is situated to the west of Norwich. It was the seat of the Money family, an ancient Norfolk family traceable to a Robert Money of Hemenhale, Freeman of Norwich in 1344. The Hall was built c.1721 and later remodelled c.1775 by John Money (1752-1817). Money travelled to America and became Quarter-Master to Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence, and was Colonel Commander of the Volunteer Cavalry, later serving at Badajoz, Salamanca, Quartre Bras and Waterloo. It was under Money's patronage that the American artist, Ralph Earl, came to England, and Earl painted several members of his family. Money, who was eventually promoted to the rank of General, also built Crown Point Hall close to Trowse in 1784. He had a great reputation for fearlessness, and on one occasion he left Norwich in a hot air balloon. When at a great height, on account of not fully understanding the workings of the machine, he cut a large hole in the silk with his sword. He was rescued at sea by a fishing boat having survived twenty-four hours in the water.