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Portrait of Abigail Holroyd, née Way, later Countess of Sheffield (1746-1793), full-length, in a blue dress, with a dog, in a landscape

已结束2018年12月7日

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Follower of Francis Cotes R.A.
Portrait of Abigail Holroyd, née Way, later Countess of Sheffield (1746-1793), full-length, in a blue dress, with a dog, in a landscape
oil on canvas
93 ½ x 57 7/8 in. (237.5 x 147 cm.)
with identifying inscription and coat-of-arms (lower left)

Henry North Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield (1832-1909), Sheffield Park Sussex; (†) Christie's, London, 11 December 1909, lot 78, sold for 470 gns. to the following,
Hiatt Cowles Baker and Abigail Baker, and by descent to their daughter,
Mrs Anne Hewer OBE (1916-1997), and by descent to the present owner.

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The sitter was born at Old Court, Richmond, the elder daughter of Lewis Way by his third wife, Abigail Lockey. In 1767 she married John Baker-Holroyd, later 1st Earl of Sheffield. The Countess’ grace and charm endeared her to her husband’s acquaintances and especially to his close friend, the historian Edward Gibbon. On hearing of her death when living in Lausanne, Gibbon wrote a broken-hearted letter to Sheffield and left immediately for Sheffield Place. She died at their house in Downing Street on Good Friday 1793 from a chill, said to have been caught while administering to the needs of French refugees at Guy’s Hospital.