William Webb

William Webb (British, 1780-1846) Favorite Hunters of Richard William Penn, 1st Earl Howe (1796-1870), with Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire in the background signed and dated 'Wm Webb/1826' (lower center) oil on canvas 53 x 66¼ in. (134.6 x 168.3 cm.) By family descent to Richard, 4th Earl Howe; Gopsall Hall Sale, Leicestershire, 22 October 1918, lot 1277. Mary C. Inge. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1992, lot 98. with Richard Green, London, 1992. Lt. Col. John Metcalfe Wood. with Richard Green, London, 2004. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Richard William Penn Curzon was the son of the Hon. Penn Assherton Curzon and Sophia, Baroness Howe, daughter of the famous Admiral Lord Howe (1726-1799). Richard succeeded his paternal grandfather as Viscount Curzon in 1820 but assumed the name of Howe and was created Earl Howe in 1821. The same year, he married Harriet, daughter of the 6th Earl of Cardigan and secondly, in 1845, Anne, daughter of Admiral Sir John Gore. In the 1830s Lord Howe was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV. Gopsall Hall stood between the villages of Shackerstone and Twycross, set in a thousand-acre park and visible on the skyline from miles around. Designed for Charles Jennens (1700-1773), a friend of Handel and librettist of the Messiah, by John Westley circa 1747, Gopsall Hall was the most expensive house constructed in Leicestershire in the eighteenth century. The exterior was Palladian but the interior had lavish rococo plasterwork. Gopsall was demolished in 1951.

Unframed gelatin silver print, ''Henry Miller'', by William Webb (Californian, 20th Century), signed, overall: 20''h x 16''w

Lot Description WILLIAM WEBB (1780-1846) Running Hounds oil on canvas 31 x 39½ (78.7 x 99.7 cm.) Provenance with Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London.

Attributed to William Webb (British, 1780-1846) Portrait of a Foxhound with a hunt in the background oil on canvas 27 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (70.5 x 91 cm.)