John Zoffany, R.A. His Life And Works. 1735-1810 By Lady Victoria Manners And Dr. G. G. Williamson. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head New York: John Lane Company. MCMXX [1920]

BRISTOL, The Marquis Of Ickworth, Bury St. Edmunds. Around 1765 . Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Lady Mary Fitzgerald (age 39) (1726-1815) seated. Costume, puce-coloured dress, white satin cloak over the shoulders, and white wool scarf round the neck with a band of violet ribbon round the throat. On the right wrist is a bracelet with a miniature. P.

This was Mary (age 39), daughter of John, Lord Hervey, by his wife Mary (age 65), daughter of John Nicholas Lepel, wife of George Fitzgerald of Turlough Park, Mayo. She was burnt to death at the age of eighty-nine. (33.)

Mary Hervey: In 1726 she was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. On 31 Oct 1745 George Fitzgerald and she were married. They were separated in 1754. On 09 Apr 1815 Mary Hervey burned to death.

Around 1765 . Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Lady Caroline Hervey (age 29) (ob. 1819 at the age of eighty-three). Seated figure in pink costume, with black lace over-bodice, white lace sleeves. She wears a miniature on the right wrist, which may, perhaps, represent Lady Mulgrave, and a glove on the left hand. P.

This was Caroline, fourth daughter of John, Lord Hervey, by his wife Mary Lepel (age 65). (49.)

Caroline Hervey: In 1736 he was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. In 1819 Caroline Hervey died.

Around 1765 . Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Lady Emily Hervey (age 31). Full-face figure, leaning over a balustrade, blue costume, black lace over the powdered hair, the hands in a muff. P.

This was Lady Emily Caroline Nassau, daughter of John, Lord Hervey, by his wife Mary Lepel (age 65). She died unmarried in 1814 at the age of eighty-three. (57.)

Amelia Caroline Nassau Hervey: In 1734 he was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. In 1814 Amelia Caroline Nassau Hervey died unmarried.

Between 1783 and 1787. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 49). DASHWOOD, MRS. Wilton House, Shenley, Herts.

Very large group representing different members of the Auriol Family. In the centre of the group are two ladies, Charlotte (age 28), afterwards Mrs. Thomas Dashwood (age 33), in green, and Sophia (age 23), afterwards Mrs. John Prinsep (age 36), in gold satin, represented seated at a round table drinking tea, while behind are two native servants, who appear to be pouring out the tea and handing it. There are tea-cups and saucers on the table, and two silver ornaments. Near by is Thomas Dashwood (age 33), second son of Sir James, of Kirklington, Oxford, in purple coat, white vest, black breeches and shoes and white stockings, seated at another table playing chess, and on the opposite side of the table is his companion James Auriol (age 29), wearing a green coat, white vest and breeches, green stockings and black shoes, standing receiving a letter from a native servant. Another native servant stands close by.

At the opposite side of the picture are three men, two standing and one seated, and behind one of them is a native servant in pink costume, holding a pipe. The standing figures are Charles Auriol, in red uniform with white facings, white vest and breeches and black boots, and John Auriol in purple coat and white vest, black breeches, white stockings and black shoes. The seated figure is John Prinsep (age 36), the other son-in-law, and he wears a brown coat. P.

There is a copy of this picture belonging to Mrs. Praed at 108, Gloucester Place, Portman Square.

Around 1775. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 41). DESBOROUGH, LADY. Panshanger, Hertford.

George (age 36), third Earl Cowper, Countess Cowper, Mr. and Mrs. Gore and the two Miss Gores.

Lord Cowper is standing in a green coat, pink waistcoat and breeches; Lady Cowper is in a pink dress; her father, Mr. Gore (age 45), is playing the violincello; Mrs. Gore in a grey gown! Miss Emily Gore, in blue, playing the harpsichord and the youngest in white brocade. Canvas 37 x 30. P.

Countess Cowper was the daughter of Charles Gore (age 45), Esq., of Southampton. Her parents took her to Italy for her health, where the family resided for a long time. Mr. Gore is supposed to have been the original of Goethe's "travelled Englishman" in Wilhelm Meister. Mrs. Delany, in one of her amusing letters, mentions the meeting of Lord Cowper and Miss Gore at Florence, "when little Cupid straightway bent his bow."

They were married at Florence, and on that occasion Horace Walpole (age 57) condoles with Sir Horace Mann (age 68) on the prospect, as he would lose so much of the society of his great friend, Lord Cowper. Both Lady Cowper and her husband were in high favour at the Grand-Ducal Court of Tuscany, and the former was a great ornament of the brilliant (but by no means straight-laced) society of the day. Miss Berry speaks in very high terms of Miss Gore, who resided with her married sister. Three sons were born to the Cowpers in Florence. (Panshanger Catalogue, p. 308.)

Painted at the Villa Palmieri, Florence, which belonged to George, third Earl Cowper. He is standing up in the picture; Lady Cowper is in a pink dress; her father, Mr. Gore, is playing the violincello; Mrs. Gore and her youngest daughter are in grey, and Miss Emily Gore is playing the harpsichord. This picture was given to the sixth Earl Cowper by his brother, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, who bought it at Florence in 1845 for £20. It was strongly suspected that it was stolen from the Villa with many other objects of value when Lady Cowper died there at an advanced age in 1826. II. Nat. Loan Exhibit, Grosvenor Gallery No. 80, p. 94 Whitechapel, 1908 (157). There is also another picture at Panshanger attributed to Zoffany.

Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper: she was born to Charles Gore and Mary Cockerill. On 18 Sep 1764 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper died. His son George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper succeeded 3rd Earl Cowper, 3rd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 5th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent. She by marriage Countess Cowper. In 1775 George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper and she were married. He the son of William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper and Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper. In 1826 she died.

Charles Gore: Before he and Mary Cockerill were married. She brough sufficient wealth to the marriage that he didn't need to work. On 05 Dec 1729 he was born at Horkstow Hall, Lincolnshire. On 23 Jan 1807 he died.

Around 1772. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 38). His Majesty The King. Windsor Castle.

Queen Charlotte and her two eldest children. The Queen is in white satin and is seated in Old Buckingham House, by her dressing-table. Her reflection can be seen in the mirror. There is a fine view from the open window. The Princess Royal is in an oriental style of costume, the Prince in Roman military dress. In the picture is represented a large French clock, which now stands in the corridor close by the picture. 44½ x 50¼. P.

Around 1775. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 41). MAUGHAM, SOMERSET, ESQ. 6, Chesterfield St., Mayfair, W.

Picture representing Garrick and Mrs. Gibber as "Jaffier" and "Belvidera" in Venice Preserved, Act IV. There is a somewhat similar work in the Garrick Club, No. 378. Garrick is represented in a blue coat, with a gold-coloured waistcoat, Mrs. Gibber in a black silk dress, with handsome black-and-white lace bodice, and the scene is at night by the banks of a canal in Venice. On the left side of the picture is a tall street lamp, lighted. The background shows San Giorgio Maggiore and Santa Maria della Salute. Circa 40 x 50. P.

Purchased at David Garrick's sale in 1823. This representation is exceedingly well painted, and is declared to be the original for which the one in the Garrick Club was probably the sketch. The costume of Mrs. Gibber is finely executed.

Around 1798. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 64). Charles Townley and Friends in His Library at Park Street, Westminster

Group representing Charles Towneley (age 60), the collector, in his library with his marbles, which are now in the British Museum. He is surrounded by his books, and in conversation with D'Hancarville, near whose chair stand Charles Greville and Thomas Astle. Nollekens (age 60) writes of the picture as follows:

'The best of the marbles were brought into the painting-room to the artist, who made them up into a picturesque composition according to his own taste. The likeness of Mr. Towneley," he adds, "is extremely good; he looks like the dignified possessor of such treasures. At his feet lies his faithful dog Kam, a native Kamschatka, whose mother was one of the dogs yoked to a sledge which drew Captain King in that island." 50 x 39. P.

Before 1776. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 42). Around 1798. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 42).

Portraits of James Lenox Naper (afterwards Dutton), Esq., and his second wife, Jane, daughter of Christopher Bond, Esq., their son, James, first Lord Sherborne; and daughter, Jane Mary, married to Thomas Coke, Esq., of Holkam, afterwards Earl of Leicester.

Interior of a room; Mrs. Dutton is seated near the fire talking to her son, who is playing cards with his sister seated opposite him; Mr. Dutton, also seated at the table, is talking to his daughter. Canvas 39¾ x 50.

Jane Bond: James Lenox Dutton and she were married. she was born to Christopher Bond. On 29 May 1776 she died.

Jane Dutton: On 29 Nov 1753 she was born to James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond at Sherborne, Gloucestershire. On 25 Oct 1775 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and she were married at Sherborne, Gloucestershire.