Lot 358 , English School c.1745, Three-quarter length portrait of Thomas Bardwell, the butler and clerk at Woodton Hall, Norfolk, oil on canvas, 126 x 104 cm.

English School c.1745
Three-quarter length portrait of Thomas Bardwell, the butler and clerk at Woodton Hall, Norfolk
oil on canvas
inscribed ‘T. Bardwell Ætat: suae.96. Butler & Clark [sic] at Woodton 74. yrs’ (lower right)
126 x 104 cm.
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: E. A. J. Suckling (according to an inscription on the stretcher), Christie’s, Lot 21, 15 June 2001, when purchased by the present owner

Condition:
Oil on canvas re-lined some years ago, canvas remains tight, slight stretcher marks showing, a little light flaking of the paint at the top and bottom margins. Peter Black painted wooden frame, Christies stencil numbers verso TK484 and DM248.

Sold for £3,400