Live Auction 4936Old Masters & British Paintings
Attributed to Thomas Hudson (Devon 1701-1779 Twickenham)
Lot 52 PROPERTY OF THE LATE MAJOR J. G. B. CHESTER, FORMERLY OF THE CHICHELEY ESTATE (LOTS 51-55)

Attributed to Thomas Hudson (Devon 1701-1779 Twickenham)

Portrait of a girl, traditionally identified as Catherine Legge (1741-1819), seated full-length, in a white dress and cap, with a spaniel, in a landscape

Closed4 May 2012

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GBP 12,500

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Attributed to Thomas Hudson (Devon 1701-1779 Twickenham)
Portrait of a girl, traditionally identified as Catherine Legge (1741-1819), seated full-length, in a white dress and cap, with a spaniel, in a landscape
oil on canvas
49½ x 40 in. (125.7 x 101.6 cm.)

Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire.

Specialist note

Catherine Legge was the daughter of Catherine Fogg (1720-1759) and the Hon. Heneage Legge (1703?-1759), who held the office of Baron of the Exchequer in 1749. In 1765 she married Charles Chester, son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Bt. and Lady Barbara Legge.