Lot 456 , William Hoare of Bath RA (1707-1792) Portrait of Susanna Hoare, Countess of Ailesbury 49 x 39in.

William Hoare of Bath RA (1707-1792)
oil on canvas
Portrait of Susanna Hoare, Countess of Ailesbury
49 x 39in.
Estimate £4,000-6,000

Oil on canvas relined 20 - 30 years ago or so, canvas remains tight, paint in good clean order with some fine but stable craquelure running through the black of the hat, her face and neck, a little elsewhere, may benefit from a light clean, housed in a 19th century gilt gesso frame which has some losses to the top cresting.
Comes for sale from Plumpton Place, label verso for Sotheby's


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Sold for £8,500