William Hoare Of Bath

LOT 281 PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SAVERNAKE ESTATE WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH R.A. EYE C.1707-1792 BATH PORTRAIT OF SUSAN, MRS HENRY HOARE OF STOURHEAD (D.1743) later inscribed, verso: M rs . Hoare Mother to Susanna / Countefs of Ailesbury oil on canvas 91.5 by 71 cm.; 36 by 28 in.

LOT 160 THE FOLLOWING SEVEN LOTS ARE SOLD BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SAVERNAKE ESTATE WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH R.A. EYE C.1707-1792 BATH PORTRAIT OF LADY FRANCES ELIZABETH BRUDENELL-BRUCE, LATER LADY FRANCES ELIZABETH WILSON (1765-1836) Pastel, held in the original carved gilt-wood frame 596 by 446 mm

LOT 286 THE FOLLOWING SEVEN LOTS ARE SOLD BY ORDER OFTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SAVERNAKE ESTATE WILLIAM HOARE OF BATHR.A. EYE C.1707-1792 BATH PORTRAIT OF LADY FRANCES ELIZABETH BRUDENELL-BRUCE, LATER LADYFRANCES ELIZABETH WILSON (1765-1836) Pastel, held in the original carved gilt-wood frame 596 by 446 mm

LOT 237 - WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH R.A. EYE C.1707-1792 BATH PORTRAIT OF PHILIP YORKE, 1ST EARL OF HARDWICKE (1690-1764) oil on canvas 5,000—7,000 GBP 126.5 by 102 cm.; 49 1/2 by 40 1/4 in. Description oil on canvas Reputedly the founding father of modern equity law, Yorkeenjoyed a long and lucrative legal and political career. Frominauspicious beginnings he rose to become Lord Chief Justice to theKing's Bench in 1733, Lord Chancellor in 1737 and an influentialmember of the Council of Regency. As Lord High Steward he wasresponsible for the abolition of heritable jurisdictions and tartanin Scotland following the Jacobite uprising. He is depicted here inthe robes of the keeper of the Great Seal. Reputedly the founding father of modern equity law, Yorkeenjoyed a long and lucrative legal and political career. Frominauspicious beginnings he rose to become Lord Chief Justice to theKing's Bench in 1733, Lord Chancellor in 1737 and an influentialmember of the Council of Regency. As Lord High Steward he wasresponsible for the abolition of heritable jurisdictions and tartanin Scotland following the Jacobite uprising. He is depicted here inthe robes of the keeper of the Great Seal.

LOT 44 WILLIAM HOARE OF BATH, R.A. 1707-1792 PORTRAIT OF PHILIP STANHOPE, 4 TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD(1694-1773) 30,000—50,000 GBP measurements 66.7 by 48.6 cm; 26 1/4 by 19 1/8 in. Description pastel on laid paper, held in a fine carved and gilded Rococoframe PROVENANCE Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 25 April 1995, lot 23 CATALOGUE NOTE The sitter was the son of Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earlof Chesterfield (1672-1726) and his wife Lady Elizabeth Savile(1674-1708), daughter of George Savile, 1st Marquess ofHalifax.Entering parliament in 1715 as M.P. for St Germans, Stanhope waselevated to the Lords following his father's death in 1726. Between1728 and 1732 he served as ambassador to The Hague and wasinstalled as a Knight of the Garter in 1730. While on diplomaticduty he fathered a son, Philip Stanhope, as a result of a liaisonwith Elizabeth de Bouchet. In 1737 Chesterfield began a thirty yearcorrespondence with his son in an attempt to guide, mentor andtutor him. These letters were published after the Earl'sdeath.Upon his return to England in 1732 he married Petronilla Melusinevon der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham (d. 1778), anillegitimate daughter of King George I whose dowry was reported tobe 50,000 guineas. Chesterfield was Lord-Lieutenant of Irelandbetween 1745 and 1746 and Secretary of State between 1746 and 1748,resigning eventually from politics in 1748.