DANIEL GARDNER (1750-1805) A portrait of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal
circa 1778, depicted full-length standing beside a tree, wearing a blue top coat, white waistcoat and breeches, holding a whip, a distant landscape beyond, pastel and bodycolour, 84cm x 59cm
Provenance: The Grey-Egerton Family, formerly of Oulton Hall.
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£970 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Note: Thomas Cholmondeley (1726–1779), of Vale Royal, Cheshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1756 and 1768. He was elected MP for Cheshire in 1756 and 1761. His son, also Thomas, was the 1st Baron Delamere.
Literature: Sir Philip de Malpas, The descriptive catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Oulton Park, Cheshire, published 1864, page 55.
