Follower of Peter Tillemans Evelyn Pierrepoint

Follower of Peter Tillemans

Evelyn Pierrepoint, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and suite with the celebrated pack of pointers which were presented by the court of France at Versailles, 1725, with Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire beyond

Oil on canvas

40.5 x 70cm; 16 x 27½in

Provenance:

W. H. Savill, Esq., The Old Manor House, Upton Grey, 21 July 1936, Lot 116, 145gns and thence by descent

Recently removed from Gavelacre House, Longparish

This is the first Thoresby Hall before it was destroyed by fire in 1746, the same year that the Duke fought at Culloden. A second house, completed in 1772 was demolished in 1864 and the current Gothic Victorian house was built. The contents were sold by Sotheby's, 31st May, 1st and 2nd June 1989