English School, 17th century Portrait of Sir Wolstan Dixie, Baronet *see notes below on sitter oil painting on canvas, unframed 50.5 x 40.5 inches condition: the painting is in very satisfactory condition without any damage, tears or punctures to the canvas. It is very original and with slight scuffing to the edges of canvas. provenance: private collection, Leicestershire, England, with large frame plaque attached to the reverse of the canvas and an old title label referencing King Charles I. * The sitter is Sir Wolstan Dixie, Baronet. Although the family came from a yeoman family of Huntingdonshire, his ancestor, also Sir Wolstan, made a fortune in the City as a merchant, and served as Lord Mayor of London in 1585-6, Sir Wolstan acquired the manor of Market Bosworth in west Leicestershire and in 1592, having no children of his own, entailed Market Bosworth and other lands on his nephew, whose ‘custody and education’ he entrusted to his widow.

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