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Lady Bankes, née Mary Hawtrey (d. 1661) in widow's dress, gauze veil, pearl necklace, holding the keys to Corfe Castle, Dorset, in her right hand; landscape background with Corfe Castle in the distance
Lady Bankes, née Mary Hawtrey (d. 1661) in widow's dress, gauze veil, pearl necklace, holding the keys to Corfe Castle, Dorset, in her right hand; landscape background with Corfe Castle in the distance
17th-century portrait paintings of women, with Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location
label QS:Len,"Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location"
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Object history
Provenance:
Auction: Christie's, London, 4 October 1957, lot 74 (36 gns to Harris).
Auction: Christie's online, London, 16 November 2010, Live Auction 7880 - Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, lot 117, The Property of a Private Collector
Inscriptions
signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'Mary, Wife of Lord Ch. J. Bankes. She defended Corfe Castle for 2 Years against the Parliamentary Forces, with a Garrison never exceeding 40 & on one occasion with 5 men only, she herself & her female attendants taking part in the Defence. The keys were never given up, and with the Miniature by J. Hoskins 1656, from which this is Painted are now in the possession of W. J. Bankes London May 1837. Painted for J. P. Ord Esq by Henry Pierce Bone Enaml Paintr. to her Majesty &c'
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