Lot 101: ISAAC OLIVER (ANGLO-FRENCH, C. 1565-1617)

ISAAC OLIVER (ANGLO-FRENCH, C. 1565-1617)
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), in doublet, fair hair falling in curls over his left shoulder
on vellum laid down on card, unfinished
oval, 2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) high, gilt metal-frame with reeded surround
a feint pencil inscription on the reverse reads '[..] Earl Southampton'

On loan to The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1928-1965.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of British Art c. 1000-1860, 1934, no. 954 (lent by Mrs Gordon Cosens, London, as by Peter Oliver, 'Alleged portrait of The Third Earl of Southampton').

Philip J. Cosens.
Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon P. Cosens.
Mrs Gordon Cosens, London.
Mrs Hugh Myers; Sotheby's, London, 1 November 1965, lot 35 (476 gns to Woollett).

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

ISAAC OLIVER (ANGLO-FRENCH, C. 1565-1617)
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), in doublet, fair hair falling in curls over his left shoulder
on vellum laid down on card, unfinished
oval, 2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) high, gilt metal-frame with reeded surround
a feint pencil inscription on the reverse reads '[..] Earl Southampton'