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Portrait of Jane Roberts, Duchess of St Albans (d. 1778)

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Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Portrait of Jane Roberts, Duchess of St Albans (d. 1778), 1768

Nathaniel Hone the Elder

Portrait of Jane Roberts, Duchess of St Albans (d. 1778), 1768
Oil on unlined canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Signed left centre NH 1768
Philip Mould & Co.
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To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com  This remarkable painting, in such fresh condition, demonstrates the particular qualities that ensured Hone's swift rise as a fashionable portraitist...
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This remarkable painting, in such fresh condition, demonstrates the particular qualities that ensured Hone's swift rise as a fashionable portraitist in London. The innovative pose is a subtle reminder of the stock, outmoded forms employed by so many of his contemporaries, whilst the delicate, almost trompe-l'oeuil treatment with which he paints the sitter's jewellery reminds us of Hone's origins as an enamellist. As so often in his portraits, the sitter's stylised, dark almond eyes hint at an intelligent archness.

Jane Roberts, daughter and heiress to Sir Walter Roberts Bart., married George Beauclerk, third Duke of St Albans, on October 23rd, 1752, at St George's, Hanover Square in London. In addition to her beauty, she brought her husband a dowry of £125,000. Sadly, the Duchess died in 1778 without producing an heir and the Duke, who died some years later in 1786, was succeeded by a cousin.

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The Duke of St Albans; his sale at Sotheby's, 21 December 1982

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