Lot 28: Hamlet Winstanley (Lancashire 1698-1756)

Portrait of William Clayton, three-quarter-length, in a blue velvet coat
bears inscription 'Wm Clayton Esqr./ Ham: Winstanley Pinxt.' (lower left) and signed and dated 'Hamlet Winstanley/ fecit 1734' (lower right) and 'Wm: Clayton of Adlington Esqr. (2.d Son of Richard/ Clayton Esr. & Martha his Wife, daughter of Joshua Horton/ of Chaderton Esq.r) he dyed the 19:th of June 1735. aged 36' (on reverse, presumably transcribed from the original canvas)
oil on canvas
128 x 102cm (50 3/8 x 40 3/16in).