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SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Lot 122

SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)

PORTRAIT OF SIR NICHOLAS PELHAM (C.1650-1739), SEATED, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A GREY ROBE, BY A DRAPED TABLE WITH A LETTER

Closed5 December 2007

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SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
PORTRAIT OF SIR NICHOLAS PELHAM (C.1650-1739), SEATED, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A GREY ROBE, BY A DRAPED TABLE WITH A LETTER
SIGNED AND DATED 'KNELLER BARONET. F: 1721' (LOWER LEFT) AND INSCRIBED 'TO SIR NICHOLAS PELHAM ESQR. KNELL F. 17...' (LOWER LEFT, ON THE LETTER)
OIL ON CANVAS
50 X 40 IN. (127 X 101.6 CM.)

Specialist note

SIR NICHOLAS PELHAM WAS THE SON OF SIR THOMAS PELHAM, 2ND BT. AND MARGARET VANE, AND MARRIED JANE HUXLEY (D.1742), DAUGHTER OF JAMES HUXLEY, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR SUSSEX.

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