Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints, Miniatures and Marine Paintings - 2nd September 2009

Lot 252

Samuel Woodforde (1763-1817) Portrait of John Newman Half length

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £400

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Description

Samuel Woodforde (1763-1817) Portrait of John Newman Half length, in black, holding a book Oil on canvas 77 x 63cm; 30¼ x 24¾in John Newman lived in Barwick, Somerset. He married Mary Rodbard in 1806. Her sister Anne married the 3rd Baron Talbot de Malahide and their eldest daughter, The Hon. Margaret Nugent Talbot married Thomas Jones in 1835 Provenance: Thomas Jones of Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse (1788-1848) Edward Talbot Day Jones (1837-1911) and thence by descent to the present owner