Lot 35: Circle of Gerard van Soest (Soest circa 1600-1681 London) Portrait of a gentleman, said to be the Reverend Talbot Lloyd, in a Kent frame

Portrait of a gentleman, said to be the Reverend Talbot Lloyd, bust-length, in clerical robes, before a column
inscribed 'Revd Talbot Lloyd/ Rector of L***/ died ***' (lower left)
oil on canvas
65.4 x 101.6cm (25 3/4 x 40in).
in a Kent frame

PROVENANCE:
The Rev. Lord Augustus FitzClarence, Vicar of Mapledurham
Lady Augustus FitzClarence, his wife
Miss Eva FitzClarence, her eldest daughter
Maj. T.C.E.Goff, Miss FitzClarence's nephew
Thence by descent, until bequeathed to the present owner in 1973

The Rev. Lord Augustus FitzClarence was the illegitimate son of King William IV, and had the living at Mapledurham in Oxfordshire. In common with all the King's children he received a stipend of £10,000 per annum, a courtesy which was later continued by Queen Victoria.