Paintings - 16th March 2016
Lot 237
English School 19th Century Portrait of William Hussey
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1500
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Description
English School 19th Century
Portrait of William Hussey, three quarter length Mayor of Salisbury (1758), MP for Salisbury (1774-1813)
Inscribed and dated Apr. 6th 1780
Oil on canvas
142 x 115cm; 56 x 45in
Hussey gave 15 houses in Castle Street, Salisbury to found an almshouse. Ten of these were to be allotted to the aged and infirm and he also gave the income on an investment to provide weekly pensions for the residents.