…; ? sale collection John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick (1770-1859), Cheltenham, Thirlestane House, 26 July-16 August 1859, no. 908, 41 gns, to his nephew George Rushout, 3rd Lord Northwick (1811-1887), Worcestershire, Northwick Park;{Copy RKD. This lot concerns a painted portrait of Charlemagne that is certain to have been enclosed in the present frame in 1965. The description does not state whether this was also the case in 1859.} ? with the house, by descent, to his grandson Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Worcestershire, Northwick Park; whose sale, London (Christie’s), 28 May 1965, no. 7, 800 gns, to ‘Cevat’;{Copy RKD. The same portrait of Charlemagne as mentioned in the catalogue of the 1859 auction (sale collection John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick (1770-1859), Cheltenham, Thirlestane House, 26 July-16 August 1859, no. 908) now described and illustrated with the frame. ‘Cevat’ probably concerns the art dealer Daan Cevat (1922-1990).} London art market;{Note RMA.} from the dealer Nijstad, The Hague, fl. 18,000, to the museum, 1966
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