Benjamin Wilson

Portrait of Charles James Fox, full-length, standing in a landscape



Benjamin Wilson - Portrait of Charles James Fox, full-length, standing in a landscape



Benjamin Wilson
Portrait of Charles James Fox, full-length, standing in a landscape
90.4 x 70.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Bonhams, London, 3 July 2019


Provenance

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland of Foxley (d.1774), father of the sitter, and thence by descent to
The Hon. Charles James Fox (1749–1806), the sitter, and thence by descent to his wife
Elizabeth Fox (née Armistead, d.1842), and thence by descent to her executor and beneficiary
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840), and thence by descent to his daughter
Lady Mary Elizabeth Fox, and thence by descent to her husband
Thomas Powys, 3rd Lord Lilford (d.1861) and by descent to
Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Lord Lilford (d.18960 and by descent to
John Powys, 5th Lord Lilford (d.1945) and by descent to
Stephen Powys, 6th Lord Lilford (d.1949) and by descent to
George Vernon Powys, 7th Lord Lilford (1931-2005), from whom acquired in 1961 by
private collection, UK, until acquired by the present owner in 2013
Sale Bonhams, London, 3 July 2019, nr. 49