22nd Jul, 2020 10:00
Fine Interiors - Two Day Sale - Live Online
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Circle of Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (French, 1684-1745)
Circle of Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (French, 1684-1745)
Portrait of Horatio, 1st Lord Walpole of Wolverton, PC (1678-1757), half length, in long grey wig, blue jacket and gold waistcoat
Oil on canvas
73 x 62cm
Provenance: West Acre High House, Norfolk;
Cheffins, 'West Acre High House', 24 November 2010, Lot 520, where acquired by the vendor;
Wood Hall, Arkesden, Essex.
Horatio Walpole was the son of Robert Walpole of Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Jean-Baptiste Van Loo’s original painting of Horatio Walpole is in the Norwich Castle Museum, Norfolk.
Horace Walpole entered Parliament in 1702, remaining a member for fifty-four years. In 1715, when his brother, Sir Robert, became first Lord of the Treasury, he was made Secretary to the Treasury, and in 1716, having already had some experience of the kind, he went on a diplomatic mission to The Hague. He left office with his brother in 1717, but he was soon in harness again, becoming secretary to the lord-lieutenant of Ireland in 1720 and Secretary to the Treasury a second time in 1721.
In 1722 he was again at The Hague, and in 1723 he went to Paris, where in the following year he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. He got on intimate terms with Fleury and seconded his brother in his efforts to maintain friendly relations with France; he represented Great Britain at the congress of Soissons and helped to conclude the treaty of Seville (November 1729). He left Paris in 1730 and in 1734 went to represent his country at The Hague, where he remained until 1740, using all his influence in the cause of European peace. He was in 1739 a founding governor for London's most fashionable charity of the time, the Foundling Hospital.
After the fall of Sir Robert Walpole in 1742, Horatio defended his conduct in the House of Commons and also in a pamphlet, 'The Interest of Great Britain steadily pursued'.
In 1724 he engaged Thomas Ripley to design him a new house at Wolterton in Norfolk to replace one that had burnt down. Wolterton Hall was completed in 1742.
In 1756 he was created Baron Walpole of Wolterton and he died 5 February 1757 at his house in Whitehall.
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Sold for £1,400
Condition Report
Oil on canvas which has been lined. The tension is stiff and the canvas is in plane. The paint layer is in a good condition overall. There is an old damage in the sitter's jacket which has been filled and retouched, the retouching is starting to flake away. There are other, small, scattered retouchings across the surface which are reasonably well matched to the original. The varnish is yellowed and semi-matte with a layer of surface dirt and accretions. There is wear and loss to the gilded surface on the frame and a heavy build up of dust.
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Auction: Fine Interiors - Two Day Sale - Live Online, 22nd Jul, 2020
The summer edition of our Fine Interiors sale has plenty for anyone from the discerning collector to the interior enthusiast to get excited about. The two day sale includes a wonderful array of silver, including single owner collection of fruit knives , the principal contents of Wood Hall, Essex, and a fascinating selection of pieces which have been expertly refurbished, as featured on Salvage Hunters: The Restorers. As well as this, we have plenty more pieces of fine furniture, paintings and works of art to suit any decorative style or interior scheme.
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Wednesday 15 – Monday 20 July, 9.30am-4.30pm, including Saturday and Sunday.
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All lots should be removed by 5pm on Friday 31 July 2020. Furniture and carpet lots remaining after this date will be removed to: Perry Removals, Chapel End, Broxted, Essex CM6 2BW. Removal will be at a cost of £20 +VAT per lot and storage will be charged at £2 +VAT per lot, per day.
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