Live Auction 7087The Sunday Sale
English School, 17th Century
Lot 197

English School, 17th Century

Portrait of Susannah Lovett, bust-length, in a brown dress embellished with pearls, a white chemise and a pale blue wrap

Closed31 July 2011

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GBP 625

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English School, 17th Century
Portrait of Susannah Lovett, bust-length, in a brown dress embellished with pearls, a white chemise and a pale blue wrap
with inscription 'Susannah Lovett/Grand.daughter to Sr Robert Lovett/wife of John Horton Gent/afterwards wife to John Lovett grand-/son to said Robert Lovett' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Burderop Park, Wiltshire, Rawlence & Squarey House Sale, 20-22 May 1974, possibly lot 388 (part).

Specialist note

Susannah Lovett, daughter of Lawrence Lovett (1634-1698) of Eythorpe, married John Horton on 17 May 1686 and later Col. John Lovett on 3 December 1691. She and her husband then moved to Dublin where their eldest son Robert was christened.