Lot 511: [ OIL PAINTING ]

The property of the Lord and Lady Darling Joseph Clover (1779-1853) 'PORTRAITS OF FIVE GENERATIONS: THE FAMILY RESIDES NEAR NORWICH AND WHAT IS SINGULAR, EACH INDIVIDUAL WAS BORN ON A TUESDAY AND EACH IS NAMED MARY' Inscribed on old label verso, oil on panel 40 x 53 cm Provenance: Commissioned by John Salusbury-Muskett, the father of a child in this painting. Thence by descent. Exhibited: Royal Academy 1814, no. 256 This group portrait depicts Mrs Miles, her daughter Mrs Heath, Mrs Heath's daughter Mrs Jary of Burlingham, Mrs Jary's daughter Mrs J S Muskett of Intwood, afterwards the wife of Mr Richard Gurney of Thickthorn, and her daughter Miss Muskett, who married Mr Clement Unthank.