HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER JOHN HOSKINS
HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER JOHN HOSKINS Lady Bankes, née Mary Hawtrey (d. 1661), in widow's dress, gauze veil, pearl necklace, holding the keys to Corfe Castle, Dorset, in her right hand; landscape background with Corfe Castle in the distance signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'Mary, Wife of Lord Ch. J. Bankes. She defended Corfe Castle for 2 Years against the Parliamentary Forces, with a Garrison never exceeding 40 & on one occasion with 5 men only, she herself & her female attendants taking part in the Defence. The keys were never given up, and with the Miniature by J. Hoskins 1656, from which this is Painted are now in the possession of W. J. Bankes London May 1837. Painted for J. P. Ord Esq by Henry Pierce Bone Enam l Paint r . to her Majesty &c' enamel on copper rectangular, 5 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (130 x 104 mm.), frosted gilt-metal mount engraved 'Enamel. HP. Bone.', in giltwood frame
HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER JOHN HOSKINS
HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER JOHN HOSKINS Lady Bankes, née Mary Hawtrey (d. 1661), in widow's dress, gauze veil, pearl necklace, holding the keys to Corfe Castle, Dorset, in her right hand; landscape background with Corfe Castle in the distance signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'Mary, Wife of Lord Ch. J. Bankes. She defended Corfe Castle for 2 Years against the Parliamentary Forces, with a Garrison never exceeding 40 & on one occasion with 5 men only, she herself & her female attendants taking part in the Defence. The keys were never given up, and with the Miniature by J. Hoskins 1656, from which this is Painted are now in the possession of W. J. Bankes London May 1837. Painted for J. P. Ord Esq by Henry Pierce Bone Enam l Paint r . to her Majesty &c' enamel on copper rectangular, 5 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (130 x 104 mm.), frosted gilt-metal mount engraved 'Enamel. HP. Bone.', in giltwood frame
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