Lot 87: AFTER MARCUS GHEERAERTS | Portrait of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520- 1598), half-length, wearing the robes and collar of a Knight of the Garter

Half length, wearing Garter robes

30in by 24in

oil on panel

The panel is flat and stable, with an invisible vertical joint running to the left of the centre. The picture is very dirty. Inspection under ultra violet light reveals retouchings throughout and an opaque varnish.
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Possibly Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Pictures at Fryston Hall, manuscript, after 1886, p. 5, as hanging in the hall and staircase;
Manuscript Catalogue of Pictures at West Horsley, n.d., vol. 2, p. 131.

Hans Busk (1718-1792) Long Houghton Hall, Yorkshire;
By descent to his son-in-law Richard Slater Milnes (1784-1802), Fryston Hall, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire;
By descent to Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945), Fryston Hall, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire;
Thence by descent.