£1,000 - £1,500
ENGLISH SCHOOL, C1795 PORTRAIT OF JOHN EMERTON WESCOMB; PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WESCOMB HIS BROTHER pendants, oil on panel, with extensive genealogical notes on the reverse of the frames, oval, 26.5 x 21cm (2)
Provenance:By descent in the Wescomb and Byron families at Langford Grove, Essex until sold at auction in Chelmsford, following the death of Lady Byron (1884-1966) when bought by the present vendor for �26.
John Emerton Wescomb (b1786) and his brother William Wescomb (b1788) were born at Langford Grove, Essex, the sons of Nicholas and Lucy Wescomb. J E Wescomb succeeded his brother J Wescomb Emerton to the Langford and Thrumpton estates which he much improved. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his niece Lucy, Lady Byron. The Revd Wiliam Wescomb married Jane Douglas by whom he had three daughters.
Both in apparently good original hitherto unrestored condition (having been viewed under UV) the varnish heavily discoloured with age. Portrait of William Wescomb with some mild paint shrinkage cracks, the rectangular beaded giltwood and composition frames dirty and with loss
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