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English School, 18th century Half length portrait of William Herbert of Scarboro (sic) holding a
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English School, 18th century
Half length portrait of William Herbert of Scarboro (sic) holding a telescope, shipping beyond
oil on canvas
74 x 62cm
William Herbert of Scarborough (1733-1804) William Herbert (1733-1804) was born on 10 April 1733 and baptised at Scalby, three miles from Scarborough, on 4 May, the second son of Guy Herbert (1701-1781), a carpenter, and his wife Catherine Atty, whom he had married at Scalby on 10 August 1729. There were at least three other children – John (1730-1784), Guy (c1742-1820), a ship’s carpenter, who outlived his brother William and benefited considerably from his will; and Rachel (1736-1754).
William seems to have married twice: to Isabel Abbott at Scarborough on 30 June 1757, and after her death in 1782, to Jane Akeleye (knocking two years off his age, probably on account of his bride being 17 years his junior) at Whitby on 21 October 1783.
In 1774 William commissioned a collier from the Whitby shipwrights George and Nathaniel Langhorne. The Diligence had a displacement of 299 tons, a length of 91 feet 6 inches, a draught of 11 feet 5 inches and was rigged as a brig. In January 1776 Diligence was purchased by the Admiralty for £1865, converted from brig to ship rig by the addition of a third mast, armed with eight 4-pounder guns plus swivels, re-named Discovery and allocated to James Cook’s fleet; the cost of the refit was estimated at £550. The smallest of Cook’s four ships and the only one not built by Fishburn, Discovery had a complement of 70.
William Herbert’s uncle, also William Herbert of Scarborough, was a mariner, and his will reveals connections with London merchants. It was written in November 1777, in contemplation of ‘the perils and dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life’, and the probate reveals that he had died in Philadelphia Pennsylvania the following year. He left his nephew William Herbert £120, and appointed him his executor.
William Herbert clearly prospered, and was described as esquire when on 13 September 1800 he advanced a loan of £1000 on a mortgage of Wyton Lodge with land at Wyton near Hull, on the north side of the turnpike road from Hull to Sproatley.
By his will of 15 February 1804, William Herbert, who lived at a house on the south side of the High or Long Westgate in Scarborough, left an extensive landed estate in and around the town to his brother Guy Herbert. He died on 26 June 1804 and was buried in the church of Scarborough St Mary, where a small monument survives. His will was proved in September 1804, first at York and then in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, by his widow Jane Herbert. The will does not mention any children, nor interests in shipping.
In 1810 Jane Herbert was living as a widow in Sculcoates, a suburb of Hull, when she was repaid the £1000 owing on the mortgage. By 1828 she had returned to Scarborough, with a pew at the parish church, when she made her will. The main beneficiaries were her daughter (by her previous marriage to George Fletcher) Jane Fletcher – William had referred to her as his step-daughter in his own will – and her descendants. The will was proved in PCC on 12 September 1829.
Oil on canvas relined many years ago, canvas now with some undulation and stretcher marks showing, paint looks a little dirty with some fine craquelure scattered throughout, original gilt gesso frame now a little tatty, two paper labels verso giving details of the sitter, one on the back of the canvas saying Mr Herbert Mr Fletcher's Step Grandfather, the other on the stretcher at the top running across full width giving more details of the sitter.
Inscription on the stretcher;
'William Herbert of Scarboro, the son of Guy, the son of William, the son of Thomas was baptised at Scalby 4th May 1733.
Occupation Master Mariner and shipowner, married Ann Headley of Scarboro 21st February 1764, by whom he had three daughters who died young. Ann died 12th December 1782. He married his second wife, Jane Akeley (a widow with one daughter). He was a Freeman of Scarboro.
Elected one of the bailiffs 1799, he died 26th June, 1804.
He left my grandfather Thomas £100 also the same each to my garnd'rs sister; the residue to his wife who bequeathed it to her grandson who mar'd Miss Williford to whom he willed his property, which she bequeathed to her nieces. Herbert bought this portrait of the latter March 1892. He (William Herbert) sold the ship Diligence 296 tons to the celebrated Capt. Cook who renamed her Discovery.'
Also paper label on the back of the canvas 'Mr Herbert, Mr Fletcher's Step Greandfather'.
Portions of the Whitby Gazette pasted to the back of the frame dated 3rd September, 1870.
Half length portrait of William Herbert of Scarboro (sic) holding a telescope, shipping beyond
oil on canvas
74 x 62cm
William Herbert of Scarborough (1733-1804) William Herbert (1733-1804) was born on 10 April 1733 and baptised at Scalby, three miles from Scarborough, on 4 May, the second son of Guy Herbert (1701-1781), a carpenter, and his wife Catherine Atty, whom he had married at Scalby on 10 August 1729. There were at least three other children – John (1730-1784), Guy (c1742-1820), a ship’s carpenter, who outlived his brother William and benefited considerably from his will; and Rachel (1736-1754).
William seems to have married twice: to Isabel Abbott at Scarborough on 30 June 1757, and after her death in 1782, to Jane Akeleye (knocking two years off his age, probably on account of his bride being 17 years his junior) at Whitby on 21 October 1783.
In 1774 William commissioned a collier from the Whitby shipwrights George and Nathaniel Langhorne. The Diligence had a displacement of 299 tons, a length of 91 feet 6 inches, a draught of 11 feet 5 inches and was rigged as a brig. In January 1776 Diligence was purchased by the Admiralty for £1865, converted from brig to ship rig by the addition of a third mast, armed with eight 4-pounder guns plus swivels, re-named Discovery and allocated to James Cook’s fleet; the cost of the refit was estimated at £550. The smallest of Cook’s four ships and the only one not built by Fishburn, Discovery had a complement of 70.
William Herbert’s uncle, also William Herbert of Scarborough, was a mariner, and his will reveals connections with London merchants. It was written in November 1777, in contemplation of ‘the perils and dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life’, and the probate reveals that he had died in Philadelphia Pennsylvania the following year. He left his nephew William Herbert £120, and appointed him his executor.
William Herbert clearly prospered, and was described as esquire when on 13 September 1800 he advanced a loan of £1000 on a mortgage of Wyton Lodge with land at Wyton near Hull, on the north side of the turnpike road from Hull to Sproatley.
By his will of 15 February 1804, William Herbert, who lived at a house on the south side of the High or Long Westgate in Scarborough, left an extensive landed estate in and around the town to his brother Guy Herbert. He died on 26 June 1804 and was buried in the church of Scarborough St Mary, where a small monument survives. His will was proved in September 1804, first at York and then in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, by his widow Jane Herbert. The will does not mention any children, nor interests in shipping.
In 1810 Jane Herbert was living as a widow in Sculcoates, a suburb of Hull, when she was repaid the £1000 owing on the mortgage. By 1828 she had returned to Scarborough, with a pew at the parish church, when she made her will. The main beneficiaries were her daughter (by her previous marriage to George Fletcher) Jane Fletcher – William had referred to her as his step-daughter in his own will – and her descendants. The will was proved in PCC on 12 September 1829.
Oil on canvas relined many years ago, canvas now with some undulation and stretcher marks showing, paint looks a little dirty with some fine craquelure scattered throughout, original gilt gesso frame now a little tatty, two paper labels verso giving details of the sitter, one on the back of the canvas saying Mr Herbert Mr Fletcher's Step Grandfather, the other on the stretcher at the top running across full width giving more details of the sitter.
Inscription on the stretcher;
'William Herbert of Scarboro, the son of Guy, the son of William, the son of Thomas was baptised at Scalby 4th May 1733.
Occupation Master Mariner and shipowner, married Ann Headley of Scarboro 21st February 1764, by whom he had three daughters who died young. Ann died 12th December 1782. He married his second wife, Jane Akeley (a widow with one daughter). He was a Freeman of Scarboro.
Elected one of the bailiffs 1799, he died 26th June, 1804.
He left my grandfather Thomas £100 also the same each to my garnd'rs sister; the residue to his wife who bequeathed it to her grandson who mar'd Miss Williford to whom he willed his property, which she bequeathed to her nieces. Herbert bought this portrait of the latter March 1892. He (William Herbert) sold the ship Diligence 296 tons to the celebrated Capt. Cook who renamed her Discovery.'
Also paper label on the back of the canvas 'Mr Herbert, Mr Fletcher's Step Greandfather'.
Portions of the Whitby Gazette pasted to the back of the frame dated 3rd September, 1870.
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English School, 18th century
Half length portrait of William Herbert of Scarboro (sic) holding a telescope, shipping beyond
oil on canvas
74 x 62cm
William Herbert of Scarborough (1733-1804) William Herbert (1733-1804) was born on 10 April 1733 and baptised at Scalby, three miles from Scarborough, on 4 May, the second son of Guy Herbert (1701-1781), a carpenter, and his wife Catherine Atty, whom he had married at Scalby on 10 August 1729. There were at least three other children – John (1730-1784), Guy (c1742-1820), a ship’s carpenter, who outlived his brother William and benefited considerably from his will; and Rachel (1736-1754).
William seems to have married twice: to Isabel Abbott at Scarborough on 30 June 1757, and after her death in 1782, to Jane Akeleye (knocking two years off his age, probably on account of his bride being 17 years his junior) at Whitby on 21 October 1783.
In 1774 William commissioned a collier from the Whitby shipwrights George and Nathaniel Langhorne. The Diligence had a displacement of 299 tons, a length of 91 feet 6 inches, a draught of 11 feet 5 inches and was rigged as a brig. In January 1776 Diligence was purchased by the Admiralty for £1865, converted from brig to ship rig by the addition of a third mast, armed with eight 4-pounder guns plus swivels, re-named Discovery and allocated to James Cook’s fleet; the cost of the refit was estimated at £550. The smallest of Cook’s four ships and the only one not built by Fishburn, Discovery had a complement of 70.
William Herbert’s uncle, also William Herbert of Scarborough, was a mariner, and his will reveals connections with London merchants. It was written in November 1777, in contemplation of ‘the perils and dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life’, and the probate reveals that he had died in Philadelphia Pennsylvania the following year. He left his nephew William Herbert £120, and appointed him his executor.
William Herbert clearly prospered, and was described as esquire when on 13 September 1800 he advanced a loan of £1000 on a mortgage of Wyton Lodge with land at Wyton near Hull, on the north side of the turnpike road from Hull to Sproatley.
By his will of 15 February 1804, William Herbert, who lived at a house on the south side of the High or Long Westgate in Scarborough, left an extensive landed estate in and around the town to his brother Guy Herbert. He died on 26 June 1804 and was buried in the church of Scarborough St Mary, where a small monument survives. His will was proved in September 1804, first at York and then in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, by his widow Jane Herbert. The will does not mention any children, nor interests in shipping.
In 1810 Jane Herbert was living as a widow in Sculcoates, a suburb of Hull, when she was repaid the £1000 owing on the mortgage. By 1828 she had returned to Scarborough, with a pew at the parish church, when she made her will. The main beneficiaries were her daughter (by her previous marriage to George Fletcher) Jane Fletcher – William had referred to her as his step-daughter in his own will – and her descendants. The will was proved in PCC on 12 September 1829.
Oil on canvas relined many years ago, canvas now with some undulation and stretcher marks showing, paint looks a little dirty with some fine craquelure scattered throughout, original gilt gesso frame now a little tatty, two paper labels verso giving details of the sitter, one on the back of the canvas saying Mr Herbert Mr Fletcher's Step Grandfather, the other on the stretcher at the top running across full width giving more details of the sitter.
Inscription on the stretcher;
'William Herbert of Scarboro, the son of Guy, the son of William, the son of Thomas was baptised at Scalby 4th May 1733.
Occupation Master Mariner and shipowner, married Ann Headley of Scarboro 21st February 1764, by whom he had three daughters who died young. Ann died 12th December 1782. He married his second wife, Jane Akeley (a widow with one daughter). He was a Freeman of Scarboro.
Elected one of the bailiffs 1799, he died 26th June, 1804.
He left my grandfather Thomas £100 also the same each to my garnd'rs sister; the residue to his wife who bequeathed it to her grandson who mar'd Miss Williford to whom he willed his property, which she bequeathed to her nieces. Herbert bought this portrait of the latter March 1892. He (William Herbert) sold the ship Diligence 296 tons to the celebrated Capt. Cook who renamed her Discovery.'
Also paper label on the back of the canvas 'Mr Herbert, Mr Fletcher's Step Greandfather'.
Portions of the Whitby Gazette pasted to the back of the frame dated 3rd September, 1870.
Half length portrait of William Herbert of Scarboro (sic) holding a telescope, shipping beyond
oil on canvas
74 x 62cm
William Herbert of Scarborough (1733-1804) William Herbert (1733-1804) was born on 10 April 1733 and baptised at Scalby, three miles from Scarborough, on 4 May, the second son of Guy Herbert (1701-1781), a carpenter, and his wife Catherine Atty, whom he had married at Scalby on 10 August 1729. There were at least three other children – John (1730-1784), Guy (c1742-1820), a ship’s carpenter, who outlived his brother William and benefited considerably from his will; and Rachel (1736-1754).
William seems to have married twice: to Isabel Abbott at Scarborough on 30 June 1757, and after her death in 1782, to Jane Akeleye (knocking two years off his age, probably on account of his bride being 17 years his junior) at Whitby on 21 October 1783.
In 1774 William commissioned a collier from the Whitby shipwrights George and Nathaniel Langhorne. The Diligence had a displacement of 299 tons, a length of 91 feet 6 inches, a draught of 11 feet 5 inches and was rigged as a brig. In January 1776 Diligence was purchased by the Admiralty for £1865, converted from brig to ship rig by the addition of a third mast, armed with eight 4-pounder guns plus swivels, re-named Discovery and allocated to James Cook’s fleet; the cost of the refit was estimated at £550. The smallest of Cook’s four ships and the only one not built by Fishburn, Discovery had a complement of 70.
William Herbert’s uncle, also William Herbert of Scarborough, was a mariner, and his will reveals connections with London merchants. It was written in November 1777, in contemplation of ‘the perils and dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life’, and the probate reveals that he had died in Philadelphia Pennsylvania the following year. He left his nephew William Herbert £120, and appointed him his executor.
William Herbert clearly prospered, and was described as esquire when on 13 September 1800 he advanced a loan of £1000 on a mortgage of Wyton Lodge with land at Wyton near Hull, on the north side of the turnpike road from Hull to Sproatley.
By his will of 15 February 1804, William Herbert, who lived at a house on the south side of the High or Long Westgate in Scarborough, left an extensive landed estate in and around the town to his brother Guy Herbert. He died on 26 June 1804 and was buried in the church of Scarborough St Mary, where a small monument survives. His will was proved in September 1804, first at York and then in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, by his widow Jane Herbert. The will does not mention any children, nor interests in shipping.
In 1810 Jane Herbert was living as a widow in Sculcoates, a suburb of Hull, when she was repaid the £1000 owing on the mortgage. By 1828 she had returned to Scarborough, with a pew at the parish church, when she made her will. The main beneficiaries were her daughter (by her previous marriage to George Fletcher) Jane Fletcher – William had referred to her as his step-daughter in his own will – and her descendants. The will was proved in PCC on 12 September 1829.
Oil on canvas relined many years ago, canvas now with some undulation and stretcher marks showing, paint looks a little dirty with some fine craquelure scattered throughout, original gilt gesso frame now a little tatty, two paper labels verso giving details of the sitter, one on the back of the canvas saying Mr Herbert Mr Fletcher's Step Grandfather, the other on the stretcher at the top running across full width giving more details of the sitter.
Inscription on the stretcher;
'William Herbert of Scarboro, the son of Guy, the son of William, the son of Thomas was baptised at Scalby 4th May 1733.
Occupation Master Mariner and shipowner, married Ann Headley of Scarboro 21st February 1764, by whom he had three daughters who died young. Ann died 12th December 1782. He married his second wife, Jane Akeley (a widow with one daughter). He was a Freeman of Scarboro.
Elected one of the bailiffs 1799, he died 26th June, 1804.
He left my grandfather Thomas £100 also the same each to my garnd'rs sister; the residue to his wife who bequeathed it to her grandson who mar'd Miss Williford to whom he willed his property, which she bequeathed to her nieces. Herbert bought this portrait of the latter March 1892. He (William Herbert) sold the ship Diligence 296 tons to the celebrated Capt. Cook who renamed her Discovery.'
Also paper label on the back of the canvas 'Mr Herbert, Mr Fletcher's Step Greandfather'.
Portions of the Whitby Gazette pasted to the back of the frame dated 3rd September, 1870.
PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Broxham House - Stand Alone House Sale - Tuesday 19th November 2024
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