Lot Essay
The sitter was the third daughter of Peter Brooke and his second wife, Elizabeth. She married first, on 22 August 1785, William Hulton of Hulton Park, Lancashire, and secondly, William Tyrell Boyce.
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Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as Jane Brooke, half-length, in a pink and white lace dress, with roses, morning glory and other flowers in her apron, in a wooded landscape
Details
English School, 18th Century
Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as Jane Brooke, half-length, in a pink and white lace dress, with roses, morning glory and other flowers in her apron, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
31 1/8 x 26¼ in. (79 x 66.6 cm.)
with inventory number '26' (on the stretcher)
Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as Jane Brooke, half-length, in a pink and white lace dress, with roses, morning glory and other flowers in her apron, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
31 1/8 x 26¼ in. (79 x 66.6 cm.)
with inventory number '26' (on the stretcher)
Provenance
The Brooke family, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, and by descent.
The late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire; sold Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 254.
The late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire; sold Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 254.
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