Lot 225: BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740)

BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740)
Thomas Whitmore (1711-1773), in salmon vest with black embroidery, fine linen shirt with lace cuffs, blue satin mantle, curling fair hair, his right arm resting on a mossy tree trunk, holding a white handkerchief to a beagle below
signed with monogram 'BL' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, in turned ivory frame stained to resemble ebonised wood, the reverse with backing paper inscribed 'Thomas._ nat. 1711. afterwards Sir Thomas K.B. married Anna dr of Sir Jn. Cope ob. 1773.'

Lady Whitmore; Christie's, London, 2 November 1971, lot 121.

PROPERTY FROM THE LATE DR WILLIAM LINDSAY GORDON COLLECTION
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
The sale of Lady Whitmore's miniatures at Christie's, London, 1971, included portraits by Lens of other members of the Whitmore family including the present sitter's siblings and parents, William and Elizabeth Whitmore of Apley Estate, Shropshire and Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire. The portrait of Thomas's sister, lot 129 of the 1971 Christie's sale, is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. P.14-1971).