Lot 17: CHARLES D’AGAR (PARIS 1669-1723 LONDON) - Portrait of John Churchill, 1s

CHARLES D’AGAR (PARIS 1669-1723 LONDON)
Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, three-quarterlength,
in armour and an embroidered sash, holding a helmet, standing
beside a stone plinth with a landscape beyond
oil on canvas 124.5 x 100cm (49 x 39 3/8in).

Provenance:
Presumably by descent from the sitter via Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke
of Marlborough to his daughter, Lady Diana Spencer, who married
Frederick St. John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke
By descent to Henry, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke, by whom offered
Sale, Christie’s, London, 10 December 1943, lot 45, (bt Leggatt, £21),
by whom offered
Sale, Christie’s, London, 13 May 1960, lot 59 (bt Collins, £27.6.0)