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Portrait Of A Lady, Mrs William Acton Of Bramford Hall, In A Silk Dress And Blue Fur-trimmed Cape C.1740; Signed Thomas Bardwell (1704-1767)

£15,950    $20,205    €19,247
This exquisite work, painted circa 1740, formed part of the collection of family pictures and heirlooms of the Barons de Saumarez, descendants of the sitter, at their magnificent 1,400-acre manor, Shrubland Park, near Ipswich. The manor was considered amongst the finest Italianate country homes in Britain and the family held the estate for over 200 years until it was sold in 2006.
 
 
Signed by the prolific Suffolk artist, Thomas Bardwell, it is a finely depicted portrait of a beautiful young lady and a prime example of his work. His graceful portraits were very much admired at the time and today his work is represented in many museums and grand country houses throughout Britain.
 
 
Our portrait, depicts a subject about thirty years of age, and on the basis of clothing and hairstyle, it was painted around 1740. Mr Kirby Talley Jr., in his writing for the Walpole Society (Thomas Bardwell of Bungay, Artist and Author 1704-1767 with a Checklist of Works'', Walpole Society, Vol. XLVI, 1976-78) identified the sitter as the wife of William Acton of Bramford Hall (c.1684-1744) and recorded it in the Saumarez collection, descendants of the sitter at their magnificent family home, Shrubland Park, Suffolk. Our painting was thought to be the companion portrait to that of her husband, William Acton. The year before William''s portrait, he was High Sherrif for Suffolk, a plausible event to commission a portrait. The couple are believed to have had a daughter, Isabella Acton, (born after 1707 and died before 1744) - it is plausible that she is in fact the subject of our portrait.
 
 
William Acton was the second son of John Acton of Bramford Hall (1650-1695) and either his first wife Isabel Buxton or his second wife Elizabeth Lamb (1654-1727). Bramford Hall passed through several generations and was still held by his descendants in the mid-twentieth century, Jane Anne Vere-Broke, Lady de Saumarez at Shrubland Park (who had also inherited Broke Hall).
 
 
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Antique #SA1117835, shown on this page, originates from the 18th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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