Live Auction 6392East & West: A Private Collection from Eaton Square & Anouska Hempel
English School, 18th Century
Lot 114

English School, 18th Century

Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as Jane Brooke, half-length, in a pink and white lace dress, with roses, morning glory and other flowers in her apron, in a wooded landscape

Closed2 May 2013

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GBP 2,500

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English School, 18th Century
Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as Jane Brooke, half-length, in a pink and white lace dress, with roses, morning glory and other flowers in her apron, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
31 1/8 x 26¼ in. (79 x 66.6 cm.)
with inventory number '26' (on the stretcher)

The Brooke family, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, and by descent.
The late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire; sold Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 254.

Specialist note

The sitter was the third daughter of Peter Brooke and his second wife, Elizabeth. She married first, on 22 August 1785, William Hulton of Hulton Park, Lancashire, and secondly, William Tyrell Boyce.