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Lot 49

Benjamin Wilson
(Leeds 1721-1788 London)
Portrait of Charles James Fox, full-length, standing in a landscape

3 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £10,687.50 inc. premium

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Benjamin Wilson (Leeds 1721-1788 London)

Portrait of Charles James Fox, full-length, standing in a landscape
oil on canvas
90.4 x 70.8cm (35 9/16 x 27 7/8in).
in a Kent-style frame

Footnotes

Provenance
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland of Foxley (d.1774), father of the sitter, and thence by descent to
The Hon. Charles James Fox (1749–1806), the sitter, and thence by descent to his wife
Elizabeth Fox (née Armistead, d.1842), and thence by descent to her executor and beneficiary
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840), and thence by descent to his daughter
Lady Mary Elizabeth Fox, and thence by descent to her husband
Thomas Powys, 3rd Lord Lilford (d.1861) and by descent to
Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Lord Lilford (d.18960 and by descent to
John Powys, 5th Lord Lilford (d.1945) and by descent to
Stephen Powys, 6th Lord Lilford (d.1949) and by descent to
George Vernon Powys, 7th Lord Lilford (1931-2005), from whom acquired in 1961 by
Private Collection, UK, until acquired by the present owner in 2013

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