Lot 76
Attributed to Joseph Highmore (1692–1780)
Lot 76 Details
Attributed to Joseph Highmore (1692–1780), British
PORTRAITS OF HENRY ST. JOHN, FIRST LORD BOLINGBROKE AND HORATIO, FIRST LORD WALPOLE
Oil on canvas; titled to an old unknown catalogue entry as "Joseph Highmore" adhered to the centre stretcher verso
53.5 ins x 78 ins; 135.9 cms x 198.1 cms
Estimate $4,000-$6,000
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Provenance:
Gift of Mr. David Pleydell-Bouverie to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Saint John, NB, Accession No. 1960.26;
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Note:
Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), was a politician, an MP for Wootton Bassett and Berkshire, a government official and a political philosopher.
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole "of Wolterton," PC (1678- 1757), was an English diplomat and younger son of Col. Robert Walpole of Houghton Hall in Norfolk. He was the younger brother of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.