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    • ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (1593-1645), PORTRAIT OF COLONEL THOMAS LEGH THE ELDER
      Jan. 22, 2025

      ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (1593-1645), PORTRAIT OF COLONEL THOMAS LEGH THE ELDER

      Est: £8,000 - £12,000

      ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (1593-1645)PORTRAIT OF COLONEL THOMAS LEGH THE ELDER, AGED 39Oil on canvasInscribed 'Aetatis suae 39' 'And Dou 1632' (upper left)104.5 x 89cm (41 x 35 in.)Provenance:Probably commissioned by the sitter for Adlington Hall, and thence by descentLiterature:O. Millar, The Career o.f 'John S'ouch of 'ChesterBurlington Magazine. May I 997. p.306. fig. I I G. Nares, 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire - III: The home of Mrs. Legh', Country Life, 12 December 1952, p. 1963 and p. 1961, fig. 3.,Adlington Guide Book: 'The Drawing Room'.Thomas Legh The Elder was the son of Sir Urian Legh (1566-1627) and Margaret Trafford, daughter of Sir Edmund Trafford. He married the heiress, Ann Gobart (1590-1675) in 1610. He was twice High Sheriff of Cheshire (1629 and 1642) and a Colonel in the Royalist Army during the Civil War. He lost Adlington Hall in December 1642 but regained it soon after. In February 1644 the house was again besieged. This time it had to be surrendered to the Parliamentarians in order to prevent severe damage.Later that year, Colonel Legh died at Chester, to be succeeded by his son, also Thomas (1614-87). The estate was not returned to the family until 1656 after heavy fines had been paid.

      Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
    • JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (BRITISH 1593-1645), DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF THOMAS LEGH THE YOUNGER WITH HIS WIFE
      Jan. 22, 2025

      JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (BRITISH 1593-1645), DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF THOMAS LEGH THE YOUNGER WITH HIS WIFE

      Est: £25,000 - £35,000

      JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER (BRITISH 1593-1645)DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF THOMAS LEGH THE ELDER WITH HIS WIFE ANN GOBARTE, HE IN BLACK COAT AND BREECHES TRIMMED WITH GOLD BRAID, SHE WEARING A BLACK DRESS AND WHITE LACE COLLAR, WITH A SPANIEL IN A LANDSCAPEOil on canvas217 x 212cm (85¼ x 83¼ in.) (2)In a Lely panelled frameJohn Souch (c.1593 - 1645) was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire and painted predominantly in the North-West of England. In 1607, at the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to Randle Holme I, a herald painter and antiquary who had been appointed deputy Herald of the College of Arms in Cheshire, Lancashire and North Wales. His workshop would have produced heraldic devices, coats of arms, hatchments and the more gifted artist's also produced portraiture. Souch flourished under Holme's tutelage and when he left in 1616 he became a Freeman of Chester. He also became a member of the Painters and Stationers Company, a guild that met in the upper room of the Pheonis Tower on the city walls. He was based in Chester but also travelled for commissions. His first recorded portrait is most probably that of Francis Clifford. 4th Earl of Cumberland, which he painted at Skipton Castle in 1620 for which he was paid 30 shillings. His masterpiece is his group portrait of Sir Thomas Aston at the deathbed of his first wife, dating from 1635 and now in the Manchester City Art Gallery. There is also a marriage portrait signed and dated 1640 in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester. He is recorded as having one apprentice by the name of Thomas Pulford in 1636. He died in 1645 and it is possible that he, like Randle Holme, were royalist supporters and died in the siege of Chester during the Civil War. Thomas Legh, like his sons, was a staunch Royalist and on two occasions Adlington was taken by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War. According to a 1952 Country Life article about the collection, this picture was defaced and marks made by sword-slashes can still be seen. The sitters are depicted hand-in-hand and have conspicuously removed their gloves to do so. A sign of their tender intimacy.

      Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
    • Attributed to John Souch of Chester (1593-1645) Portrait of an officer 35 x 29in.
      Oct. 23, 2008

      Attributed to John Souch of Chester (1593-1645) Portrait of an officer 35 x 29in.

      Est: £700 - £1,000

      Attributed to John Souch of Chester (1593-1645) oil on canvas Portrait of an officer 35 x 29in.

      Gorringes
    • JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER C.1593-1645
      Jun. 07, 2006

      JOHN SOUCH OF CHESTER C.1593-1645

      Est: £12,000 - £18,000

      PORTRAIT OF COLONEL JOHN HUTCHINSON (1615-1664); AND HIS WIFE, MRS HUTCHINSON, NEE LUCY APSLEY (B.1620) PORTRAIT OF COLONEL JOHN HUTCHINSON (1615-1664); AND HIS WIFE, MRS HUTCHINSON, NEE LUCY APSLEY (B.1620) measurements note each 81 by 63 cm., 32 by 24¾ in. both half length, he wearing a red tunic with white collar and cuffs and a black hat, a sword in his right hand, she wearing a black dress and a headdress with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a fan a pair, both oil on canvas Quantity: 2 PROVENANCE Lord Hastings, Melton Constable, Norfolk LITERATURE Prince Duleep Singh, Portraits in Norfolk Houses, 1927, Vol. II, p.35, no.141 NOTE The sitter was a important figure in the English Civil War. He was the son of Sir Thomas Hutchinson of Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire by Margaret, daughter of Sir John Byron of Newstead. At the outbreak of the Civil War he took the side of the Parliamentary cause and in 1643 was made Governor of Nottingham Castle. He defended it against the forces of Charles I, and was subsequently one of the signatories of the king's death warrant. He was elected M.P. for Nottinghamshire in 1646, and also sat in the Long Parliament in 1659. He found his fortunes reversed at the Restoration, and in 1663 he was arrested on suspicion of being involved with the Yorkshire Plot. He was confined in the Tower of London where he died the following year. In 1638 he married Lucy Apsley, daughter of Sir Allen Apsley, who wrote a biography of her husband.

      Sotheby's
    • Attributed John Souch of Chester (Chester circa 1593-1645)
      Jul. 07, 2004

      Attributed John Souch of Chester (Chester circa 1593-1645)

      Est: £20,000 - £30,000

      Portrait of Lord and Lady Poulett of Hinton Saint George , full length, she wearing a red dress with a white lace collar, he wearing a grey doublet emroidered with gold, a sword at his side oil on canvas 197 x 160 cm. (79 x 64 in.)

      Bonhams
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