MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH ECOLE - Lot 27

MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH ECOLE Swagger portrait of Sir Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry (1730-1803) reading, seated three-quarter view Oil on canvas. Handwritten inscription on reverse. (Restorations). 156 x 120 cm In an antique stuccoed and gilded wood frame. Note: After a work attributed to Hugh Douglas Hamilton RHA (1739/40-1808) executed around 1805 and preserved at Ickworth House, Suffolk, East of England, National Trust, inventory no. 851740 (157.5 x 121.9 cm). Sir Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry (1730-1803) was the fourth son of John, Lord Hervey (1696-1743) and Mary Lepel: he succeeded his brother as 4th Earl of Bristol in 1779. He is known as a great traveler (Italy), builder (Ickworth, Ballyscullion and Down Hill) and collector.