Hamlet Winstanley

Hamlet Winstanley (Lancashire 1698-1756) Portrait of William Clayton, three-quarter-length, in a blue velvet coat bears inscription 'Wm Clayton Esqr./ Ham: Winstanley Pinxt.' (lower left) and signed and dated 'Hamlet Winstanley/ fecit 1734' (lower right) and 'Wm: Clayton of Adlington Esqr. (2.d Son of Richard/ Clayton Esr. & Martha his Wife, daughter of Joshua Horton/ of Chaderton Esq.r) he dyed the 19:th of June 1735. aged 36' (on reverse, presumably transcribed from the original canvas) oil on canvas 128 x 102cm (50 3/8 x 40 3/16in). The Collection of Sir Philip and Lady Haldin, Lympne Place, Lympne, Kent, circa 1920-1958, and thence by descent to the present owner

Hamlet Winstanley (British, 1698-1756) Collection of engravings after Old Masters Twenty engravings, 1729, on laid, after various artists including Rembrandt, Reni, Ribera, Rosa, Snyders, Tintoretto, Titian, Van Dyck and Veronese, bound into a volume with red leather spine, 560 x 408mm (22 x 16in)(Vol)

both half length, he wearing a grey coat and blue waistcoat, she wearing a blue dress with a pink shawl, holding a basket of flowers a pair, oil on canvas, unframed Quantity: 2 CATALOGUE NOTE It has been suggested that the sitters are John de Carteret, son of Philip de Carteret, and his wife Jane (nee Falla?). They were married on the 24th March 1758 but sadly no further information can be found. Hamlet Winstanley was a painter and engraver based predominantly in Warrington, Lancashire. Initially self-taught as an artist by 1713 he was in London drawing in Kneller's academy in Great Queen Street, returning to Warrington in 1721. Under the patronage of James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, of Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, Winstanley spent two years in Italy between 1723 and 1725. On his return to England he painted members of the Stanley family which remain at Knowlsey today. Today Winstanley is perhaps best known as an early tutor of George Stubbs (1724-1806).

Hamlet Winstanley (Lancashire 1698-1756) Portrait of Edward Clayton, three-quarter-length, in a red coat and breastplate, standing beside his helmet in a landscape bears inscription 'Edwd. Clayton Esq.r/ Ham. Winstanley Pinxt.' (lower left) and 'Edward the 4th Son of Richd Clayton/ of Adlington Esq & Martha his wife. Daughter of Joshua Horton of Chaderton Esqr./ W. Whitehead/ Restorer 1871 (on reverse, presumbably transcribed from original canvas) oil on canvas 128.5 x 103cm (50 9/16 x 40 9/16in). The Collection of Sir Philip and Lady Haldin, Lympne Place, Lympne, Kent, circa 1920-1958, and thence by descent to the present owner