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Lot 1539

Gilbert Jackson

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000

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(British, active circa 1621–1642)

Portrait of Sir Willam Kingsmill (1613-1661) of Sydmonton, 1642, signed lower left Gil. Jacks/Fc" and inscribed upper left "AEtatis. 29./.1642.", oil on canvas, 29-1/2 x 24-1/2 in.; carved and gilt wood oval frame, 34-1/2 x 29 in.

Provenance: By descent in the Kingsmill family; Historical Portraits, Ltd., UK (label verso frame); Sotheby's London: November 13, 1996, Lot 17; Black Dog Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia, (accompanied by original receipt); Collection of Marion and Theodore Gore, Williamsburg, VirginiaNote:

The sitter was the son of Sir Henry Kingsmill (circa 1526-1592) and his wife, Bridgett (nee Raleigh, 1530-1607). He became the Sheriff of Hampshire in 1642. William Kingsmill was notably the step-nephew of Sir Richard Kingsmill, original owner of a property in Archer's Hope, James City County, Virginia and now known as Kingsmill Plantation. 

Condition

lined, retouch, some craquelure, restoration in 1997 by Perry Hurt, Fredericksburg, Virginia (label verso, accompanied by copy of conservation report); frame with separations, restoration

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