λBernard Lens III (1682-1740)

λBernard Lens III (1682-1740)

Portrait miniature of Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), Bishop of Bangor

Signed with initials BL (in ligature) and dated 1720 (centre right)

Oval, in a stained wood frame

75 x 60mm

Provenance:

Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes

Benjamin Hoadly was an English clergyman, who was successively Bishop of Bangor, of Hereford, of Salisbury, and finally of Winchester.