English School, 1755-1760 Portrait of Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough, later 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1733-1805) unsigned; attributed to William Hoare on a presentation plaque; identified on a handwritten label (affixed to the backing) pastel on paper 61.0 x 46.0 cm (24 x 18 1/8 in). framed 76.5 x 61.0 x 4.0 cm (30 1/8 x 24 x 1 9/16 in). Footnotes: The label on the reverse was written by John Halkett, Lord Loughborough's secretary, to whom this portrait was likely given by the sitter. The present work will be included in Neil Jeffares's online Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800 as J.85.16285. We would like to thank Neil Jeffares for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot on the basis of digital photographs. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing