CIRCLE OF MICHAEL DAHL THE YOUNGER (BRITISH 1659-1743), PORTRAIT OF

CIRCLE OF MICHAEL DAHL THE YOUNGER (BRITISH 1659-1743) PORTRAIT OF A LEFTWICH OLDFELD (1682-1721), HALF-LENGTH, IN A GREEN JACKET Oil on canvas, feigned oval with identifying inscription (upper left) and with a further inscription Leftwick Oldfeld of Leftwi[ch]/son of Leftwick Oldfeld & Alicia Haw[orth]/married Jane Bowyer/daughter of/Sir W. Bowyer. Bart of Knipersley Staff/Born 1682 died 1721’ (on a label on the reverse) 76 x 62cm (29¾ x 24¼in.) Provenance: Jays Antiques, South Wimbledon, 1982 Sale Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1982 lot 120 Leftwich Oldfield, born in Leftwich, Cheshire, was the third generation of an influential family from Leftwich Cheshire to bear this name. His grandfather Leftwich Oldfield I (1619–1669) married Mary Croxton and they resided at Leftwich Old Hall. Leftwich Oldfield II (1647–1696) married Alice Haworth and served as a local Justice of the Peace and Tory politician. In 1691, he expanded the family estates by acquiring Ordsall Hall in Salford. He was buried in Davenham, Cheshire. The sitter of the present portrait married Jane Bowyer in 1702, their daughter, Anne Oldfield, married into the Puleston family of Emral House, Flintshire Condition Report Disclaimer, CIRCLE OF MICHAEL DAHL THE YOUNGER (BRITISH 1659-1743), PORTRAIT OF A LEFTWICH OLDFELD (1682-1721), HALF-LENGTH, IN A GREEN JACKET, CIRCLE OF MICHAEL DAHL THE YOUNGER (BRITISH 1659-1743) PORTRAIT OF A LEFTWICH OLDFELD (1682-1721), HALF-LENGTH, IN A GREEN JACKET Oil on canvas, feigned oval with identifying inscription (upper left) and with a further inscription Leftwick Oldfeld of Leftwi[ch]/son of Leftwick Oldfeld & Alicia Haw[orth]/married Jane Bowyer/daughter of/Sir W. Bowyer. Bart of Knipersley Staff/Born 1682 died 1721’ (on a label on the reverse) 76 x 62cm (29¾ x 24¼in.) Provenance: Jays Antiques, South Wimbledon, 1982 Sale Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1982 lot 120 Leftwich Oldfield, born in Leftwich, Cheshire, was the third generation of an influential family from Leftwich Cheshire to bear this name. His grandfather Leftwich Oldfield I (1619–1669) married Mary Croxton and they resided at Leftwich Old Hall. Leftwich Oldfield II (1647–1696) married Alice Haworth and served as a local Justice of the Peace and Tory politician. In 1691, he expanded the family estates by acquiring Ordsall Hall in Salford. He was buried in Davenham, Cheshire. The sitter of the present portrait married Jane Bowyer in 1702, their daughter, Anne Oldfield, married into the Puleston family of Emral House, Flintshire, Provenance:, Condition Report Disclaimer

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