Sir Thomas Knatchbull, 3rd Bt

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed below: AET 65 1667/SvH; inscribed verso in ink: S^r. Norton Knatchbull Kn^t & Bart.from the Original at Hatch, by Hoogstraten.

This portraitback to top

A late slight copy from a signed portrait by Hoogstraeten belonging to Lord Brabourne at Mersham le Hatch, inscribed: S^r Norton Knatchbull Bar ob 1684, [1] lent to Maidstone Town Hall 1947-2005, [2] and offered at Sotheby’s, 7 June 2006, lot 217.

Footnotesback to top

1) Illus. The Public Catalogue Foundation, Kent, 2004, p 117.
2) See The Public Catalogue Foundation, Kent, 2004, p 113.

Referenceback to top

Simon and Saywell (eds) 2004
Complete Illustrated Catalogue, NPG, ed. J. Simon & D. Saywell, 2004, p 357, as Sir Thomas Knatchbull, 3rd Bt.

Provenanceback to top

Purchased from Messrs Appleby 1940.


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