Numerous family portraits were sold among many pictures during the sale. The list below follows the Catalogue and are in the format:

Room

Lot Number. Sitter, details (artist). Purchaser (often an agent). £ s d. Commentary.

The Fourth Day’s Sale

Friday, August 18

Tapestry Drawing-room

China, &c.

457. A beautiful gold enamelled snuff-box, with a miniature on the lid, set round with brilliants. Garrard. 16 10 0.

458. A blue and gold oval enamelled snuff-box, with a miniature, set round with brilliants, and two clusters of brilliants, and sprigs underneath. Zimmerman. 12 15 0. The miniatures were taken out of these boxes and retained by the Marquis of Chandos: they were very beautiful likenesses of the late Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, at the time of their marriage in 1796.

The Sixth Day’s Sale

Monday, August 21.

Grenville Drawing Room—Marble Busts

757. Richard Duke of Buckingham, by Trentanova, on dove marble pedestal. A. Robarts, Esq. Sholebroke Lodge, Towcester. 11 11 0. This bust was sculptured when the late Duke of Buckingham was in Rome in 1828. Mr. Robarts, we believe, purchased it for the present Duke.

758. The Right Hon. George Grenville, in robes, by Nollekens, on dove marble pedestal. Bryant. 15 15 0. This is a fine bust of the celebrated minister of George III.

759. Lord Nugent, by Trentanova, on marble pedestal. Harrison. 4 4 0. This bust is a very fine likeness of the noble lord; it was sculpted we belive from a cast of the bust executed by Mr Charles Moore. The price at which it was knocked down would scarcely pay for the marble from which it is cut. An impression prevailed at the time that it was bought for Lord Nugent; but this was not the fact.

760. William Wyndham Lord Grenville, by Comolli. Marquis of Chandos. 6 6 0.

The Twenty-First Day’s Sale

Galleries

42. George Marquis of Buckingham—small whole length—(West) A. George, Esq. 5 5 0

Chandos Bedroom

82. Maria Temple, daughter of Sir R Temple (Richardson). Gamblin, Esq. 5 15 0

83. Viscount Cobham (Van Loo). S.M. Peto, Esq. M.P. 10 10 0. This is a very good portrait of Lord Cobham.

84. Richard Earl Temple (Hoare). S.M. Peto, Esq. M.P. 8 8 0.

85. Sir William Wyndham, in robes (Kneller). J.G. Uppleby, Esq. 19 8 6. This remarkably fine specimen of Kneller was privately engraved for the late Lord Grenville.

86. Lady Catherine Wyndham (Kneller). J.W. Lyon, Esq.Misorden Park. 10 10 0. This was daughter of Charles, the “proud” Duke of Somerset.

87. The Hon. Mrs. Grenville (Hoare). Mrs W.E. Gladstone. 17 6 6. The Honourable Mrs Grenville was great-grandmother of Mrs W.E. Gladstone.

102. Susannah Grenville. Withdrawn.

State Drawing Room

138. Lady Grenville. H. Smith, Esq. 4 4 0. Anne, only daughter of Thomas Pitt, first Lord Camelford, and sister and heiress of Thomas, second and last Lord, married to William Wyndham Lord Grenville, who died in 1834. This portrait was painted by Mary Marchioness of Buckingham.

139. Earl Temple, when a boy. H. Smith, Esq. 1 15 0. The late Duke of Buckingham, when Earl Temple; painted by his mother.

141. The late Duke of Buckingham (engraving p.p.). D.P. King, Esq. 5 10 0. A proof impression of a private plate, engraved by R. Cooper, from a miniature by George Saunders.

The Twenty-Second Day’s Sale

Buckingham Rooms

174. Lady Wyndham—oval. Evans. 6 6 0. Catherine, another daughter of the “proud” Duke, afterwards married to Sir William Wyndham.

179. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham—in crayons. A. Robertson, Esq. 14 14 0.

181. Sir Bernard Grenville (Zucchero). Duke of Sunderland. 9 9 0. Sir Bernard Grenville was the father of Sir Bevil Grenville, who was killed at the battle of Lansdown Hill.

182. Richard Grenville, 1609, and his wife. Duke of Sutherland. 8 18 6. This portrait represents Richard Grenville, of Wotton, and his wife. The former died in 1609, aged 39.

183. Mary, wife of Sir R. Temple. Campbell, Esq. 3 13 6. Mary Knapp, daughter of Henry Knapp, of Weston in Oxfordshire, Esq. and wife of Sir Richard Temple—1670.

184. Mary, wife of Sir Richard Grenville. Duke of Sutherland. 6 16 6. Mary, daughter of Sir John St. Leger, of Aumery, in Devonshire, and wife of Sir Richard Grenville—1590.

185. Sir Peter Temple (C. Jansens). Frank K. Lenthall, Esq. 11 11 0. Sir Peter Temple, Bart. of Stowe—1622.

190. George Dodington, Esq.; and another of the family—(Lely). R. Berkerley, Esq. 2 12 6. The Right Hon. George Dodington, of Eastbury, Dorset, Uncle to Viscount Cobham—1670.

191. George Marquis of Buckingham, in fancy dress (Coates). H. Smith, Esq. 6 6 0.

192. Elizabeth Wyndham—in crayons. Agent. 1 8 0. The lady was the wife of the Right Hon. George Grenville. A drawing by herself.

193. Hester Lady Rous—whole length—(Vandyck). T Rutley. 21 0 0. This lady was the daughter of Sir Thomas Temple, of Stowe, and wife of Sir John Rous, of Rous-Lench, in Worcestershire.

194. Christian, wife of Sir T. Littleton; Michael Nugent, Esq.; Mrs Knight, of Gosfield (Kneller). S.M. Peto, Esq. M.P. 15 15 0.

196. Elizabeth Wyndham, wife of George Grenville (of Wotton). 21 0 0. This portrait was privately valued to Mr Gore Langton, son-in-law to the present Duke of Buckingham, for twenty guineas.

197. Catherine Lady Braybrooke. The Dean of Windsor. 2 12 0. Catherine Grenville, sister to George Marquis of Buckingham, and wife of Richard Aldworth-Neville, afterwards first Lord Braybrooke. Mrs Neville died before her husband became Lord Braybrooke; therefore the description in the catalogue is a misnomer. The Dean of Windsor—the Hon. and Rev. George Neville-Grenville—who purchased the picture is the son of this lady. It was an unfinished sketch, painted by Mary Marchioness of Buckingham.

198. Martha Temple Lady Peniston (Zucchero). H. Rodd. 5 15 6. Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Temple, of Stowe, and wife of Sir Thomas Peniston, Bart, of Leigh, in Sussex. The lady died in 1629, and lies buried in the church at Stowe, where there is a plaster effigy of herself and infant, recumbent on a marble monument.

199. Elizabeth Temple Lady Gibbs (Zucchero). Rev. C.F. Wyatt. 8 8 0. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Temple, of Stowe, and wife of Sir Henry Gibbs, of Hunnington, in the county of Warwick—1605. Mrs Wyatt, the wife of the reverend gentleman who purchased this picture is lineally descended from this lady.

200. Dorothy Lady Temple (Jansens). — Campbell, Esq. 8 8 0. This portrait represents Dorothy, daughter of Edmund Lee, of Stanton Bury, in the county of Bucks, and wife of Sir John Temple, Knight.

201. John Temple, of Stowe (Zucchero). Lord Say and Sele. 10 10 0. John Temple, Esq. of Stowe, son of Peter Temple, who built the original mansion at Stowe in 1560. He was the father of Elizabeth, wife of William Viscount Saye and Sele, both of whose portraits are now in the possession of the present holder of that title. Their remains lie buried in Broughton Church, near Banbury.

202. Penelope Temple (Kneller). T. Grissell, Esq. 8 18 6. Penelope, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, and wife of Moses Berenger, Esq.—1719.

203. Edward Grenville (Jansens). The Dean of Windsor. 6 6 0. The portrait represents Mr Edward Grenville, of Foxcote, in the county of Bucks.

204. Hester Lady Temple. Frank K. Lenthall, Esq. 13 2 6. This portrait represents Hester Sandys, daughter of Miles Sandy, Esq., of Latimers, in the county of Bucks, and wife to Sir Thomas Temple, Bart. She was the mother of four sons and nine daughters, who lived to be married, and so exceeding multiplied, that she saw seven hundred persons descended from her. The fact is affirmed by Dr. Fuller, in his “Worthies of England,” who relates that he bought the truth thereof by a wager lost on the subject. She died in 1656. Mr. Frank K. Lenthall, the purchaser of the picture, is a descendent of the lady in question, through Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Temple, and wife of Sir John Lenthall.

205. Richard Lord Cobham. [Mr. Gore Langton.] 15 15 0. Richard Lord Viscount Cobham—1736.

206. Ann Viscountess Cobham (Kneller). [Mr. Gore Langton.] 12 12 0. Anne Hasley, wife of Richard Lord Viscount Cobham—1723.

207. Ann Countess Temple (Hudson). [Mr. Gore Langton.] 26 5 0. Anna, daughter of Thomas Chamber, Esq., of Hanworth, in the county of Middlesex, and wife of Richard Earl Temple, K.G. She died in 1777.

These last three family portraits were privately valued to Mr. Gore Langton, respectively at fifteen guineas, twelve guineas, and twenty-five guineas.

208. The Hon. James Grenville (Coates). The Dean of Windsor. 9 19 6. The Right Hon. James Grenville—1740.

209. Margaret Banks, wife of Henry Grenville. Banks Stanhope, Esq., Revesby. 11 5 0. Margaret Banks, wife of the Right Hon. Henry Grenville, Governor of Barbados, 1754. This lady was the “Peggy Banks” of Walpole’s letters.

225. Right Hon. Thomas Grenville (after Richmond). 5 5 0. This is an engraving by Lewis, after Richmond. It was privately valued to Mr. Gore Langton at the sum quoted.

Grenville Rooms

339. Hester Grenville Countess of Chatham (Hudson). Farrer. 52 10 0. Lady Hester Grenville, daughter of Richard Grenville, of Wotton, and wife of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham. Walpole, writing to George Montague, Esq. under date Nov. 16 1754, says:—“Solomon and Hesther, as my Lady Townsend calls Mr. Pitt and Lady Hester Grenville, espouse one another to day.” Viscount Mahon has since become the purchaser of this beautiful portrait of the mother of Pitt, in which the marked and classical features of that celebrated statesman are strongly developed.

340. Sir Thomas Temple (Van Somer). Rev. W. Andrewes 11 11 0. Thomas Temple, eldest son of John Temple, of Stowe, 1584. Ætatis suæ 23. He was afterwards created a baronet by James I, and died in 1625. This portrait was bought by Mr Harrison, of Buckingham, for the Rev. W. Andrewes, vicar of Stowe, who is lineally descended from Sir Henry Andrewes, who married one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Temple.

341. Richard Grenville Earl Temple, in robes of the Garter—half length (Sir J. Reynolds). 168 0 0. Richard Grenville, first Earl Temple, K.G. Obiit 1779. This portrait was privately valued to Mr. Gore Langton, at the price quoted. It has been admirably engraved by William Dickenson.

342. Mary Marchioness of Buckingham, with her son the late Duke—whole length in a landscape (Sir J. Reynolds). The Dean of Windsor. 136 10 0. Mary Nugent Marchioness of Buckingham, with her son, the late Duke of Buckingham, when a child.

343. Lord Grenville, seated at a table (Hoppner). Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. 68 5 0. William Wyndham Lord Grenville. Obiit 1834.

344. The Right Hon. G. Grenville, in robes (Sir J. Reynolds). 168 0 0. The Right Hon. George Grenville. Obiit 1770. This portrait was privately valued to Mr Gore Langton, for 160 guineas.

345. Sir Richard Temple, 1686—in classical costume (Mignard). The Dean of Windsor. 11 0 6.

347. Robert Earl Nugent, seated—whole length (Gainsborough). Lord Nugent. 106 1 0. Robert Earl Nugent, father of Mary Marchioness of Buckingham; a very beautiful and characteristic portrait. This nobleman, as already stated, was President of the Beef-steak Club, he was also celebrated as the Lord Clare of Goldsmith. The latter in the “Haunch of Venison,” says:–

“To-morrow you take a poor dinner with me;
No words—I insist on’t—precisely at three:
We’ll have Johnson and Burke—all the wits will be there,
My acquaintance is slight, or I’d ask Lord Clare…
What say you—a pasty—it shall and must,
For my wife—little Kitty—is famous for crust,” &c

Lord Nugent purchased this portrait for his venerable kinsman, Field-Marshall Sir George Nugent, Bart., who is grandson of the Earl. The noble lord was opposed for its possession to the last guinea by a broker, who was purchasing for Mr Gurney, of Norwich. We believe we are correct in stating that the moment the latter gentleman understood the latter gentleman was bidding, he desired his agent to desist.

348. Hester Countess Temple (Kneller). Wells. 12 12 0.

349. Mary Lady Arundell (Hoppner). Goldring. 27 16 6. Lady Mary Grenville, daughter of George Marquis of Buckingham, and wife of James Everard Lord Arundell de Wardour. This portrait is now the property of Lady Doughty, of Tichborne Park.

350. Sir Richard Temple, 150 (Lely). Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. 10 10 0.

351. Sir Bevil Grenville. 15 15 0. This portrait of the gallant Sir Bevil Grenville was privately valued to Mr Gore Langton. The picture bears the date—“1639, Ætat. 40.” It was engraved for the late Duke of Buckingham for private circulation.

352. George Marquis of Buckingham, holding his son Richard Earl Temple, whom the Marchioness, seated in the foreground, is about to draw a portrait of—in a landscape—whole length (Sir J. Reynolds). 210 0 0. This fine picture was also withdrawn for the family, at the price quoted.

The Thirty-Fifth Day’s Sale

Saturday 30 September

Clergyman’s Room

2743. A square mahogany table; a painted table; and 3 chairs; and—

2744. Four busts; a profile; a mask of Charles XII; and an Academy figure, in plaster. Walter. 1 8 0. These two lots were sold together. Two of the busts in the last lot represent Lord George Grenville, now Lord Nugent, and Lady Mary Grenville, late Lady Arundell, when children: they are models in plaster. The third is a cast of a bust of a bust of the Bishop of St Pol de Leon. The profile is a portrait of George Marquis of Buckingham, taken in plaster by the Marchioness of Buckingham. The mask is a cast taken from the face of Charles XII, of Sweden, immediately after his death at the siege of Fredericshall, in Norway, shewing the wound caused by the shot which killed him.