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Biographical catalogue of the portraits at Weston, the seat of the Earl of Bradford

Chapter 196: No. 14. PORTRAIT OF A LADY.
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A room-by-room catalogue of a country-house portrait collection presenting numbered entries that describe each painting's sitter, artist attribution, provenance, physical appearance, and brief biographical sketches. Entries trace family relationships, inheritances, and historical context, and include anecdotal and documentary notes on sitters and artists. An introductory preface recounts the author's research methods, obstacles, and gratitude for assistance, and occasional commentary stresses the importance of preserving portrait records for family memory and local history.

WEST WALL.


No. 14. PORTRAIT OF A LADY.

Low brown dress. White sleeves. Pearls in her hair. Little
dog in her lap.
By Greenhill.

THIS lady is supposed to be Ursula, wife of Sir John Bridgeman.


No. 18. FRANCIS NEWPORT, AFTERWARDS EARL OF BRADFORD.

Brown dress. Long hair. Lace cravat.
By Sir Godfrey Kneller.

No. 19. GEORGE FORESTER, ESQUIRE.

Hunting dress. Fox’s brush upon table.
BORN 1762, DIED 1811.

HE was the son of Brook Forester, Esquire, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of George Weld, Esquire of Willey Park, County Salop. George Forester never married, but left his fortune and estates to his cousin, Cecil Weld Forester, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Forester.


No. 20. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN. UNKNOWN.

Red dress. Lace cravat. Short white wig.

No. 21. JOHN BRIDGEMAN, BISHOP OF CHESTER.

Surplice and college cap. Arms of the See of Chester impaling
Bridgeman in a shield above.
BORN 1577, DIED 1652.
By Van Somers.

No. 22. COLONEL KINNEAR.

Blue coat. Powder.
DIED 1780.
By F. Cotes.
He was Colonel of the 50th Regiment of Foot.