Live Auction 6392East & West: A Private Collection from Eaton Square & Anouska Hempel
English School, circa 1620
Lot 296

English School, circa 1620

Portrait of John Minshull (c. 1582-1654), of Minshull, Cheshire, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with lace ruff and cuffs, holding a hat in his left hand; and Portrait of his wife, Frances Minshull (b. 1575), three-quarter-length, in a black dress with lace ruff and cuffs, and a black hat, holding a feathered fan in her right hand

Closed2 May 2013

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English School, circa 1620
Portrait of John Minshull (c. 1582-1654), of Minshull, Cheshire, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with lace ruff and cuffs, holding a hat in his left hand; and Portrait of his wife, Frances Minshull (b. 1575), three-quarter-length, in a black dress with lace ruff and cuffs, and a black hat, holding a feathered fan in her right hand
the former with identifying inscription 'JOHN MINSHULL of MINSHULL' (lower right); the latter with indentifying inscription 'FRANCES MINSHULL' (lower right)
oil on panel
the former 43¼ x 33 in. (109.5 x 83.8 cm.); the latter 43 x 32 7/8 in. (109.2 x 83.5 cm.)
a pair (2)

by descent in the sitters' family at Minshull, Cheshire, and by inheritance to Lord Delamere of Vale Royal, Cheshire.

Specialist note

John Minshull, of Minshull, near Nantwich, Cheshire, married Frances, daughter of Sir John Egerton (1551-1614), of Egerton and Oulton. Their sole surviving daughter and heir, Elizabeth (d. 1661), married Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal (1595-1653), Cheshire; and their great-great-grandson, Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal (1767-1855), was created 1st Baron Delamere in 1821.