Thomas Hudson (British, 1701-1779) Portrait of Mrs. Richard Ray (née Elizabeth Lock, 1750-1815)

Description:

Thomas Hudson (British, 1701-1779)

Portrait of Mrs. Richard Ray (née Elizabeth Lock, 1750-1815)
Signed and dated "Thos. Hudson fecit/1771" l.l., identified on a label from The Reynolds Galleries, London, and on a handwritten family note, both affixed to the back of the frame.
Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in. (126.5 x 101.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, scattered minor paint losses to u.l. quadrant, craquelure, tacking edges trimmed, stretcher replaced, frame abrasions, surface grime.

Provenance: By descent in the Ray and Tyrell Family, Plashwood, Haughley; Commander W.W. Browne, R.N., 1905, Rougham - The Rookery; exhibited or sold by The Reynolds Galleries, 5, Great Newport Street, London (reattached label verso frame); Dorothy Roberts, Lincoln Fine Art, London, purchased in 1985; Brenda Costall, The Old Rectory, Addington, likely, purchased in 1988; Private Alabama Collection; Brunk Auctions, Premier Catalog Auction, September 14, 2018, Lot 1252; to the current private collection.

Literature: Edmund Farrer, Portraits in Suffolk Houses (West) (London: Quaritch, 1908),item no. 9 under Rougham-The Rookery, the Property of Commander W.W. Browne, R.N., p. 318. This book has been digitized and may be viewed at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Portraits_in_Suffolk_Houses_West/sJlZAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Framed dimensions are 57 1/2 x 47 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.

Text related to this portrait from Rev. Edmund Farrer, Portraits in Suffolk Houses (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1908),pg. 318, no. 9: "318 Rougham The Rookery MRS. RICHARD RAY. T.Q.L. Face turned very slightly to the dexter, with the body full; long ringlets on either side of the face, and a blue ribbon on the top of the head. Dress: white satin, with open top square; there are seven rows of pearls in front of the bodice, with a blue quatrefoil bow at the breast, having on it an enormous pear-shaped pearl, elbow sleeves with blue ribbon around, and a blue sash round the waist with a bow, large pear-shaped pearl earrings, and a row of single pearls round the throat; the right hand holds two blush roses, the left hand downwards. Scenery on the dexter side of the picture, and red curtain behind. L. Signed: "Thos Hudson fecit 1771." Elizabeth, only surviving child and heir of John Lock, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of William Dixon, citizen and mercer of London; married, in 1770, to Richard Ray, of Plashwood, Haughley. She died 2ist June, 1815, and is buried at Haughley."


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