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Sir William Lovelace Kt. of Bethersden
British School1600
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Sir William Lovelace of Bethersden (1561-1629): son of Serjeant Lovelace (see British School DPG372); soldier; knighted 1599; member of the Virginia Company; later a Kent magistrate and MP for Canterbury; he was a friend of Sir Dudley Carleton.
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- Title: Sir William Lovelace Kt. of Bethersden
- Date: 1600
- Physical Dimensions: w806 x h1067 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Oak Panel
- School: British School
- Provenance: Sir William Lovelace of Bethersden (1561-1629); by descent to Lady Lovelace (d. 1632); her bequest (will dated 15 May 1632) to Richard Lovelace (1617-c. 1657); ?by descent to Althea Cartwright (d. 1666); ?her bequest, London, William Cartwright (inventory no. 165: 'Sr will Loulass on a bord to ye knees with a chan of gould a bout his neck in a Ruff & truncke hous in a black frame £2'); Cartwright Bequest, 1686.
- Inscriptions: Inscribed top right: 'Ano Dom:1600'; bottom right, in a later hand: 'Sir W Lovelace'.
- Acquisition Method: Cartwright, William (Bequest, 1686)
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