Attributed to Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788) British. 'The Hopk...

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£30,000 - £40,000

Attributed to Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788) British. 'The Hopkins Family, Sir John and Lady Hopkins and their Children, and Dr Nathaniel Boutflower', an 18th Century English Conversation Piece of a Group Family Portrait in an Interior, Oil on canvas, Inscribed on a label verso, in a Fine Carved Giltwood Frame, 37.5" x 50" (95.2 x 127cm). Provenance:Colonel Bradley (Great-Grandson of Sir John Hopkins); Mrs V. I. Hamilton, Sotheby's lot 44, 28th November 1973 (as Johann Zoffany); Frost & Reed, London
Victor Lowndes (1928-2017). Notes: Sir John Hopkins (d.1796) married Anne Simkins and together they had 5 Children: William, Charles, Mary Ann, Amelia and Elizabeth (1755-1830). Literature: Douglas Samuel Boutflower. 'The Boutflower Book', 'The Complete Story of a Family of the Middle Class Connection with the North of England (1303-1930)', P59; "His Brother, Nathaniel Boutflower 11, was a man of a very different type. He made a high reputation and a considerable fortune as a doctor in London. He took to wife Ann, the sister of Sir John Hopkins, Lord Mayor of that city. A likeness of him is to be seen in a family group by Zoffany, in the possession of Colonel Sir Joseph Bradley of Tat-y-Coed, Monmouthshire. (I have pleasure in recalling the kindness of its present owner, who invited me to see it a few years ago). The doctor is represented as a big man, distinctly stout, with dark hair and a swarthy complexion. The father of the family, then Mr. Hopkins, appears to be reasonably proud of his children, whom the doctor reviews with majestic satisfaction."; Lady Victoria Manners and Dr G C Williamson. 'John Zoffany R.A'. His life and his works (1920) 'Sir John Hopkins, His Wife, Two Sons, and Three Daughters' (Collection of Colonel Bradley, C.B.) pp. 19, 155 and 252 (illustrated) ; Sir Philip Sassoon together with his cousin Hannah Gubbay. 'English Conversation Pieces' (1930) in aid of the Royal Northern Gallery, at 25 Park Lane London