Live Auction 21052Ombersley Court: The Collection of Lord and Lady Sandys
CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LÜBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Lot 99

CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LÜBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)

Portrait of Anne, Lady Tipping, née Cheke (1678-1727), full-length, in a blue gown, standing beside a draped pedestal

Closed29 November 2023

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GBP 5,292

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CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LÜBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Portrait of Anne, Lady Tipping, née Cheke (1678-1727), full-length, in a blue gown, standing beside a draped pedestal
oil on canvas, unlined
86 5⁄8 x 53 ½ in. (220 x 135.8 cm.)
with identifying inscription 'Lady Tipping / Daughter of Coll. Cheek' (lower right)
in a frame of foliate carved and pierced giltwood, applied to an ebonised subframe

Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.

By descent to the sitter's daughter,
Letitia Tipping (1699-1779), wife of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1695-1770), and by descent to their son,
Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and by inheritance to his niece,
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,
Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and thence by descent to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), at Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.

Specialist note

Anne Tipping, née Cheke, was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Cheke (see lot 43) and his wife Letitia, née Russell. At the age of 22 she married Sir Thomas Tipping (see lot 98), with whom she had three children, Catherine, Letitia (see lots 97 and 101) and Thomas. Through her father, Anne inherited the manor of Pyrgo in the village of Havering-atte-Bower, Essex. The house had previously belonged to Henry VIII, and it was here that he made the decision to restore the princesses Mary and Elizabeth to the succession to the throne. In 1724, Anne helped to found the Dame Tipping school in Havering-atte-Bower, which was endowed from her death in 1728 by a legacy in her will. Anne was lucky to have independent means, as her husband led a tumultuous life, dying in debt in Southwark prison.