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THBThomas Hudson
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LiveSep 15, 2018
Session III Saturday, September 15, Auction begins 9:00 am - lots 816-1416 Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
(British, 1701-1779)
Portrait Mrs. Richard Ray (nee Elizabeth Lock, 1750-1815) on the occasion of her marriage, signed lower left "Thos. Hudson, Fecit,/1771", oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in.; 18th century rococo style gilt wood and composition frame, 59 x 49-1/2 in.
Note: Text related to this portrait from Rev. Edmund Farrer, Portraits in Suffolk Houses, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1908, pg. 318, No.9
"318 Rougham The Rookery
g. MRS. RICHARD RAY. T.Q.L. Face turned very slightly to the dexter, with the body full; long ringlets on either side of the face, and a blue ribbon on the top of the head. Dress: white satin, with open top square; there are seven rows of pearls in front of the bodice, with a blue quatrefoil bow at the breast, having on it an enormous pear-shaped pearl, elbow sleeves with blue ribbon around, and a blue sash round the waist with a bow, large pear-shaped pearl earrings, and a row of single pearls round the throat; the right hand holds two blush roses, the left hand downwards. Scenery on the dexter side of the picture, and red curtain behind. L. Signed: " Tho s Hudson fecit 1771."Elizabeth, only surviving child and heir of John Lock, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of William Dixon, citizen and mercer of London; married, in 1770, to Richard Ray, of Plashwood, Haughley. She died 2ist June, 1815, and is buried at Haughley."
The lot is accompanied by this book.
, Provenance: Provenance: By descent in the Ray and Tyrell Family, Plashwood, Haughley: Commander W.W. Browne, R.N., 1905, Rougham - The Rookery; exhibited or sold by The Reynolds Galleries, 5, Great Newport Street, London (reattached label verso frame); Dorothy Roberts, Lincoln Fine Art, London, purchased in1985; Brenda Costall, The Old Rectory, Addington, Ilkley, purchased in 1988; Private Alabama Collectionlined with linen, restretched on new stretcher, tacking edges trimmed, abrasions at edges, crackle, small areas of cupping and cleavage upper left, retouch; frame with abrasionsCondition
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