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The Lenthall pictures were a number of paintings owned by the Lenthall family and housed at Burford Priory. The collection was publicly commented on by art historians and tourists. It was largely dispersed in two sales in 1808 and 1833, although some works were retained by the family and sold in the late 20th century. ==The history of the collection== Many of the works were acquired by Speaker Lenthall after he purchased Burford Priory in 1637. However, the portraits of the Tanfields is evidence that some of the paintings may have been at Burford when it was purchased from Viscount Falkland. Lenthall was one of the overseers of Sir Lawrence Tanfield's will and had married into the family of his second wife.〔(History of Parliament )〕 Some of the paintings may have been owned by Charles I and sold after his execution〔 – a rumour to this effect was mentioned by Harold Nicolson.〔(The Spectator, 12 March 1943 )〕 At least two portraits (including William Lenthall, grandson of Speaker Lenthall) were painted after Speaker Lenthall's death. By 1682, the collection contained 145 pictures. The collection was commented on by the art historian George Vertue and also by Horace Walpole who offered the opinion that the portraits were "rubbish, but celebrated". The Georgian tourist, John Loveday, visited Burford to see the collection on 2 April 1736.〔(List of tours by John Loveday )〕 He wrote down a detailed description of the More family painting and mentioned a number of others in the collection. Two of the religious paintings in the collection, along with the portrait of Thomas More and his family and a number of other portraits were mentioned in ''Gentleman's Magazine'' in 1799.〔edition of July 1799, quoted in 〕 The collection was moved to Besselsleigh (another Lenthall family home) in 1808 when Burford was renovated, but it was largely dispersed in two sales in 1808 and 1833.〔(''The Lenthall Pictures'', Nicholas Cooper, Victoria County History ) The date of the second sale is given as 1831, an error for the correct date, 1833〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lenthall pictures」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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