ALLAN RAMSAY (SCOTTISH 1713-1784), PORTRAIT OF... Lot n° 37

ALLAN RAMSAY (SCOTTISH 1713-1784)PORTRAIT OF HENRY HAWLEY (1685 - 1789)Oil on`canvas, feigned oval74 x 61cm (29 x 24 in.)Provenance:Waddington Galleries Ltd, London Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 44 Sale, Christie's, Horsenden Manor, 22 September 1997, lot 658Literature:Alastair Smart, Allan Ramsay; A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, p.133, illustrated.This portrait is recorded in 1990 having a label attached to the reverse inscribed 'Henry Hawley elder brother of James Hawley/M.L. He died a Widower without issue on y [sic] 28th Augt 1756, and is buried at Bloworth Midx.'The sitter was possibly the grandson of the 1st Lord Hawley, who became a distinguished soldier, fighting campaigns in Europe, at Fontenoy and Detingen, as well as closer to home. After the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, the Duke of Cumberland made him Commander-in-Chief in Scotland where he was renowned for his brutal behaviour. In 1748, Hawley was appointed Governor of Inverness, a position he held until 1752, the same year in which he became Governor of Portsmouth, a role he retained until his death. He died unmarried in 1759, leaving his property, West Green House near Hartley Wintney in Surrey to the son of his housekeeper.The late Professor Alastair Smart dated this portrait to circa 1747-8.