The Jerold D. Krouse Collection: Masterpieces from America & Ireland | November 11, 2025
Tue, Nov 11, 2025 10:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 114
A Pair of British School Portraits, Berkeley Family History
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for
$4,000
Sold Price excludes BP
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| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(18th century)
The 1745 wedding portraits of The Honorable Charles Berkeley (1701-1756), holding a cat, and The Honorable Mrs. Berkeley, Frances West Killigrew (born 1705), each inscribed lower left with sitters' names, he inscribed verso frame "No. 41-762 Wodehouse", oil on coarse linen, 30-1/4 x 25 in.; fine matching 18th century carved and gilt wood frames, 37 x 32 x 2-5/8 in.
Provenance: Presumed Charles and Frances Berkeley; to their daughter Sophia Berkeley Wodehouse (1747-1825); Likely sold out of the family by the 4th Earl of Kimberley, John Wodehouse (1924-2002), one with tag "Earl of Kimberley" "No.1386", "10/10/1950"; Private Collection, Wilson, North Carolina; The Jerold Krouse Collection
Note: Charles Berkeley of Somerset, England, was the nephew of the Governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley (1641-1652, 1660-1677) and the 11x great grandson of King Edward I. He was the son of William, Lord Berkeley, 4th Baron of Stratton (1663-1741), the younger son of John Berkeley, First Baron of Stratton (1602-1697), the brother of the Governor of Virginia.
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Presumed Charles and Frances Berkeley; to their daughter Sophia Berkeley Wodehouse (1747-1825); Likely sold out of the family by the 4th Earl of Kimberley, John Wodehouse (1924-2002), one with tag "Earl of Kimberley" "No.1386", "10/10/1950"; Private Collection, Wilson, North Carolina; The Jerold Krouse Collection
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