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English: J. Henesy

A group portrait of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, and his family

signed and dated lower left Henesy P:a U 1737

Full-length, the Earl wearing a dark coat and grey waiscoat, his wife, Elizabeth, in a blue and white silk dress, their daughters, Elizabeth, Jane and Juliana all wearing white dresses, standing in a landscape with a pet deer and lambs

oil on canvas

An old handwritten label on the reverse identifies the sitters of this charming group portrait. Baptist Noel was born in May 1708, the son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and his wife, Lady Dorothy Manners, daughter of the 1st Duke of Rutland. On the death of his father in 1714, he succeeded as 4th Earl. In 1728, he married Elizabeth, daughter of William Chapman. The couple are depicted here with their three eldest daughters, Elizabeth, Jane and Juliana. The Earl died on March 21, 1750 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Baptist, as 5th Earl of Gainsborough.