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Landscape painter, Naval painter, Etcher, b. 1700 - d. 1765

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  • Lot withdrawn
    Mar. 10, 2026

    Lot withdrawn

    Est: £200 - £400

    Lot withdrawn

    Roseberys
  • GEORGE LAMBERT (?KENT C. 1700-1765 LONDON). Italianate landscape with a she
    Dec. 03, 2025

    GEORGE LAMBERT (?KENT C. 1700-1765 LONDON). Italianate landscape with a she

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    GEORGE LAMBERT (?KENT C. 1700-1765 LONDON). Italianate landscape with a shepherd and other figures, a lake and a monastery.... 35 3/8 x 39 ¾ in. (89.8 x 100.7 cm.).

    Christie's
  • After George Lambert (1700-1765) English, Oil on Canvas
    Nov. 09, 2025

    After George Lambert (1700-1765) English, Oil on Canvas

    Est: $400 - $800

    After George Lambert (1700-1765) English, Oil on Canvas. Signed lower right.  A stunning view of rolling hills and a glistening, wide river in the distance, with a heavy, ornate, gilt wood frame. Condition: Commensurate with age.  Overall Size: 34 x 46 in.  Sight Size: 23 x 35 in.  George Lambert (1700-1765) was an English painter who gained a reputation for his high-quality landscapes after studying under Warner Hassells and John Wootton. He also had a celebrated career as a scene-painter, notably working with John Rich at the Lincoln's Inn Fields and Covent Garden Theatres, though most of this highly lauded scenery was tragically destroyed by fire in 1808. Lambert's jovial nature and love of beefsteak led to his founding of "The Beefsteak Club," a famous nightly meeting of artistic and theatrical figures. A key figure in the London art world, he co-founded the Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain and served as its first president.

    Sarasota Estate Auction
  • Atrributed to George Lambert (1700/10-1765) Landscape with ruined abbey, fishermen to the foreground, oil on canvas, 21.5 x 28cm
    Oct. 22, 2025

    Atrributed to George Lambert (1700/10-1765) Landscape with ruined abbey, fishermen to the foreground, oil on canvas, 21.5 x 28cm

    Est: £200 - £300

    Atrributed to George Lambert (1700/10-1765) Landscape with ruined abbey, fishermen to the foreground, oil on canvas, 21.5 x 28cm

    Mallams
  • GEORGE LAMBERT (KENT 1700?-1765 LONDON). A South-east view of Leybourne Gra
    May. 21, 2025

    GEORGE LAMBERT (KENT 1700?-1765 LONDON). A South-east view of Leybourne Gra

    Est: $30,000 - $50,000

    GEORGE LAMBERT (KENT 1700?-1765 LONDON). A South-east view of Leybourne Grange, Kent. oil on canvas28 ½ x 43 1/8 in. (72.4 x 109.5 cm.).

    Christie's
  • Attributed to George Lambert (British, 1700 - 1765), Cattle grazing with ruins beyond
    Feb. 06, 2025

    Attributed to George Lambert (British, 1700 - 1765), Cattle grazing with ruins beyond

    Est: £1,500 - £2,500

    Attributed to George Lambert (British, 1700 - 1765) Cattle grazing with ruins beyond Oil on canvas Property of a gentleman Dimensions: (Frame) 30 in. (H) x 43.5 in. (W) (Canvas) 25.5 in. (H) x 39 in. (W)

    Sloane Street Auctions
  • George Lambert
    Sep. 26, 2024

    George Lambert

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    (British, 1700-1765) Mountainous Landscape, with figures bathing, 1722, indistinctly signed and dated lower right, "G Lambert pinx./1722," oil on canvas, 19-7/8 x 25-7/8 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 26 x 32 x 2 in. Provenance: Sotheby's London, October 27, 2011, lot 142, sold for $10,048; Private Collection Note: This painting is said to be Lambert's earliest landscape. Exhibited: Marble Hill House, Twickenham Literature: J. Bryant, London's Country House Collections, London 1993, p. 72, fig. 1: E. Einberg, 'The Works of George Lambert', Walpole Society, Leeds 2001, Vol. LXIII, no. P1722, p. 127, illus. fig. 15

    Brunk Auctions
  • George Lambert oil
    Oct. 22, 2022

    George Lambert oil

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    Attributed to George Lambert (British 1710-1765) Romantic Landscape with Grecian Temple- oil on canvas, framed. Several chips to frame.

    Rachel Davis Fine Arts
  • George Lambert Lithograph Signed Numbered
    Jul. 19, 2022

    George Lambert Lithograph Signed Numbered

    Est: $100 - $200

    George Lambert (French 1919-1998) Lithograph Framed, Signed, and Numbered 103/260. Frame measures 22 inches x 26.5 inches. Window measures 16 inches x 21 inches.

    Greenwich Auction
  • George Lambert Lithograph Signed Numbered
    Jul. 19, 2022

    George Lambert Lithograph Signed Numbered

    Est: $100 - $200

    George Lambert (French 1919-1998) Lithograph Framed, Signed, and Numbered 48/80. Frame does not have glass. Framed measures 28 inches x 23 inches

    Greenwich Auction
  • GEORGE LAMBERT (KENT 1700-1765 LONDON) An Italianate Landscape with Maneus
    Jul. 08, 2022

    GEORGE LAMBERT (KENT 1700-1765 LONDON) An Italianate Landscape with Maneus

    Est: £7,000 - £10,000

    GEORGE LAMBERT (KENT 1700-1765 LONDON) An Italianate Landscape with Maneus Curius Dentatus with acolytes rejecting the... oil on canvas 28 1/2 x 49 in. (72.5 x 124.4 cm.)

    Christie's
  • GEORGE LAMBERT (1700 – 1765)
    Sep. 22, 2020

    GEORGE LAMBERT (1700 – 1765)

    Est: €4,000 - €6,000

    Landscape view with Beaumoris Castle and Plas Newydd beyond Oil on canvas Signed monogram (lower right) ‘GL Fecit’ Provenance: Property of a gentleman (as for lots 28, 55-57)

    Sheppards
  • George Lambert (?Kent c.1700-1765 London)
    Jul. 22, 2020

    George Lambert (?Kent c.1700-1765 London)

    Est: £40,000 - £60,000

    George Lambert (?Kent c.1700-1765 London) Ivy Lodge, Cirencester Park, with a view of the Avenue oil on canvas 38 x 45 ¾ in. (96.6 x 116.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • George Lambert, um 1700 Kent – 1765 London, zug.
    Jul. 02, 2020

    George Lambert, um 1700 Kent – 1765 London, zug.

    Est: €3,500 - €4,500

    IDYLLISCHE FLUSSLANDSCHAFT MIT BADENDEN Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert. 50 x 74 cm. Blick über eine weite bergige Landschaft unter hohem blauen Himmel mit weißen Wolkenformationen und breitem Fluss. Im Vordergrund sind einige Badende zu erkennen, etwas oberhalb zwei Männer im Gespräch und ein Wanderer mit freiem Oberkörper und blauem Tuch um seine Hüften, einen langen Stab in seiner Rechten und einen Bündel Reisig unter seinem linken Arm tragend. Auf dem Weg, der oberhalb des Ufers entlang führt, sind weitere Figuren erkennbar. In der Landschaft einige Gebäude, darunter ein Rundturm. (1230881) (18)

    Hampel Fine Art Auctions
  • George Lambert, Oil on Canvas
    Jan. 30, 2020

    George Lambert, Oil on Canvas

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    George Lambert (British, 1700-1765), View of Dover Castle and Bay, 1738, oil on canvas, signed and dated "G. Lambert, 1738" at lower center, old paper gallery label on stretcher verso, 19" h x 53" w, giltwood frame

    Millea Bros Ltd
  • GEORGE LAMBERT, UNTITLED, INK ON PAPER, 12.5 X 19CM, PROVENANCE: DRAWN INTO DULCIE STAINTON'S DIARY BY THE ARTIST. THIS DIARY WAS GI..
    May. 23, 2019

    GEORGE LAMBERT, UNTITLED, INK ON PAPER, 12.5 X 19CM, PROVENANCE: DRAWN INTO DULCIE STAINTON'S DIARY BY THE ARTIST. THIS DIARY WAS GI..

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    GEORGE LAMBERT, UNTITLED, INK ON PAPER, 12.5 X 19CM, PROVENANCE: DRAWN INTO DULCIE STAINTON'S DIARY BY THE ARTIST. THIS DIARY WAS GIVEN TO DULCIE ON HER 10TH BIRTHDAY CIRCA 1910

    Leonard Joel
  • George Lambert (Kent 1710 -1765) View of the manor house and the cottages
    Apr. 11, 2019

    George Lambert (Kent 1710 -1765) View of the manor house and the cottages

    Est: €15,000 - €30,000

    Oil on canvas, cm 136 x 130, signed and dated: G. Lambert 1744. Provenance: Antonacci Efrati Antichità. Literature: Elizabeth Einberg, "Catalogue Raisonnè of the works of George Lambert" The Annual Volume of the Walpole Society, 2001 Vol. 63, pag. pag. 149 no P1744 fig.71

    Ansuini 1860 Auctions
  • GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM
    Aug. 09, 2018

    GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM

    Est: $220 - $420

    GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM

    Leonard Joel
  • GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM
    Aug. 02, 2018

    GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM

    Est: $300 - $500

    GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM

    Leonard Joel
  • Attributed to George Lambert (1710–1765), RETOUR DE LA PECHE, Oil on canvas; given to the artist and titled to the nameplate, 20 x 25.5 in — 50.8 x 64.8 cm
    Jun. 28, 2018

    Attributed to George Lambert (1710–1765), RETOUR DE LA PECHE, Oil on canvas; given to the artist and titled to the nameplate, 20 x 25.5 in — 50.8 x 64.8 cm

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE LAMBERT (1710–1765), BRITISHRETOUR DE LA PECHEOil on canvas; given to the artist and titled to the nameplate20 x 25.5 in — 50.8 x 64.8 cmEstimate: $1,500—2,500

    Waddington's
  • GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM
    Apr. 19, 2018

    GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM

    Est: $600 - $900

    GEORGE LAMBERT, THE OLD ZOO, PENCIL AND INK, 17 X 23 CM

    Leonard Joel
  • George Lambert Ships in Harbor Signed Print
    Jul. 16, 2017

    George Lambert Ships in Harbor Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: Ships in Harbor Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 50 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 27.5 Notes: Good condition. Unframed paper.

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • George Lambert "Freighter" Signed Print
    Jul. 16, 2017

    George Lambert "Freighter" Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: "Freighter" Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 50 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 27.5" Notes: Good condition. Unframed paper.

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • George Lambert Church Signed Print
    Jul. 16, 2017

    George Lambert Church Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: Church Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 50 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 28" Notes: Good condition. Unframed paper.

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • George Lambert Boats & Cathedral Signed Print
    Jul. 16, 2017

    George Lambert Boats & Cathedral Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: Boats & Cathedral Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 250 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 28" Notes: Good condition. Unframed

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • George Lambert Ships in Harbor Signed Print
    Jul. 02, 2017

    George Lambert Ships in Harbor Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: Ships in Harbor Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 50 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 27.5 Notes: Good condition. Unframed paper.

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • George Lambert "Freighter" Signed Print
    Jul. 02, 2017

    George Lambert "Freighter" Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: "Freighter" Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 50 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 27.5" Notes: Good condition. Unframed paper.

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • George Lambert Church Signed Print
    Jul. 02, 2017

    George Lambert Church Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: Church Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 50 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 28" Notes: Good condition. Unframed paper.

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • George Lambert Boats & Cathedral Signed Print
    Jul. 02, 2017

    George Lambert Boats & Cathedral Signed Print

    Est: $100 - $300

    Artist: George Lambert Title: Boats & Cathedral Medium: Signed Print Signature: Lower rightEdition Number: Ed. of 250 Approx Sight Area: 19" x 28" Notes: Good condition. Unframed

    J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
  • Circle of George Lambert (London ?1700-1765 - An extensive Italianate landscape with a shepherd and his flock by a river; and...
    Mar. 29, 2017

    Circle of George Lambert (London ?1700-1765 - An extensive Italianate landscape with a shepherd and his flock by a river; and...

    Est: £10,000 - £15,000

    Circle of George Lambert (London ?1700-1765 An extensive Italianate landscape with a shepherd and his flock by a river; and... oil on canvas 42 1/8 x 54 ¼ in. (107 x 138.2 cm.) (2)

    Christie's
  • Attributed to George Lambert (British, 1710-1765)
    Dec. 01, 2016

    Attributed to George Lambert (British, 1710-1765)

    Est: £4,000 - £6,000

    Attributed to George Lambert (British, 1710-1765) Wooded landscape with a pool and boatmen, and shepherdess and flock with cattle in the foreground, a pair, each oils on canvas, each 56cm x 51cm

    Mallams
  • George Lambert (Kent 1700-1765 London) A coastal landscape with a
    Nov. 02, 2016

    George Lambert (Kent 1700-1765 London) A coastal landscape with a

    Est: £10,000 - £15,000

    George Lambert (Kent 1700-1765 London) A coastal landscape with an Italianate town and a figure holding a staff;... oil on canvas 24 ¾ x 40 in. (62.9 x 101.6 cm.) (2)

    Christie's
  • GEORGE LAMBERT | Wooded landscape with figures resting by a stream 
    Apr. 27, 2016

    GEORGE LAMBERT | Wooded landscape with figures resting by a stream 

    Est: £4,000 - £6,000

    oil on canvas, unframed

    Sotheby's
  • Signed Lambert Les Barques Lithograph
    Jan. 10, 2015

    Signed Lambert Les Barques Lithograph

    Est: $250 - $350

    Artist Name: Lambert, George Title: Les Barques Medium: Lithograph Edition Size: 225 Year: Unknown Paper Size: 22 x 29.75 inches Image Size: 19.25 x 27.5 inches Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age Notes: Signed and Numbered out of 225 in pencil by Lambert. Lithograph printed on Arches paper. Translated "Seaside Boats". The right-hand margin has a slice in it, but the cut does not extend into the image and does not affect the image. There is no paper loss, nor staining or creasing.

    DUMBO Auctions
  • GEORGE LAMBERT (BRITISH 1710-1765) CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES 87cm x 101cm (34.25in x 39.75in)
    Nov. 27, 2014

    GEORGE LAMBERT (BRITISH 1710-1765) CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES 87cm x 101cm (34.25in x 39.75in)

    Est: £4,000 - £6,000

    GEORGE LAMBERT (BRITISH 1710-1765) CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES Signed and dated 1747, oil on canvas 87cm x 101cm (34.25in x 39.75in)

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • George Lambert Landscape w/Figures Oil on Canvas
    Jun. 08, 2014

    George Lambert Landscape w/Figures Oil on Canvas

    Est: $25,000 - $40,000

    George Lambert (British, circa 1700-1765), "Classical Landscape with Figures Strolling on a Path", oil on canvas. Apparently unsigned. Framed 34" x 47". Unframed 28" x 41". F.R. label on verso with artist name, title and registry number 38625. Provenance: From a Private Collection in Suwanee, Georgia.

    Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
  • Attributed to George Lambert [1700-1765]- An
    Apr. 29, 2014

    Attributed to George Lambert [1700-1765]- An

    Est: £6,000 - £8,000

    Attributed to George Lambert [1700-1765]- An extensive classical landscape, figure group by a rocky stream in the foreground, arcadian temple beyond, figures by a river in the middle distance:- oil on canvas 95 x 129cm

    Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
  • Signed Lambert Les Barques Lithograph
    Jan. 21, 2014

    Signed Lambert Les Barques Lithograph

    Est: $250 - $325

    Artist Name: Lambert, George Title: Les Barques Medium: Lithograph Edition Size: 225 Year: Unknown Paper Size: 22 x 29.75 inches Image Size: 19.25 x 27.5 inches Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Notes: Signed and Numbered out of 225 in pencil by Lambert. Lithograph printed on Arches paper. Translated "Seaside Boats".

    DUMBO Auctions
  • George Lambert (London 1700-1765)
    Jun. 05, 2013

    George Lambert (London 1700-1765)

    Est: -

    George Lambert (London 1700-1765) Capriccio with Classical Sarcophagus and (?) Beeston Castle, Cheshire signed and dated 'G. Lambert 1736' (lower center, on the rock) oil on canvas 34 1/8 x 39 5/8 in. (86.7 x 100.6 cm.)

    Christie's
  • George Lambert (London 1700-1765)
    Dec. 16, 2010

    George Lambert (London 1700-1765)

    Est: £15,000 - £20,000

    George Lambert (London 1700-1765) Classical landscape with a tomb and figures by a lake signed and dated 'G.Lambert 1729' (lower right) oil on canvas 35 x 43½ in. (88.9 x 110.5 cm.)

    Christie's
  • Circle of George Lambert (? 1700-1765 London)
    Oct. 29, 2010

    Circle of George Lambert (? 1700-1765 London)

    Est: £3,000 - £5,000

    Circle of George Lambert (? 1700-1765 London) A Mediterranean coastal landscape with figures beneath21lassical ruins oil on canvas 36¼ x 35½ in. (92.1 x 90.2 cm.)

    Christie's
  • GEORGE LAMBERT
    Apr. 29, 2010

    GEORGE LAMBERT

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    GEORGE LAMBERT LONDON 1695 - 1765 PART OF A RUIN OF ST RADIGUND'S ABBEY, KENT signed and indistictly dated lower right: G. Lambert 175(?9) oil on canvas 53.5 by 68.5 cm.; 21 by 27 in.

    Sotheby's
  • Attributed to George Lambert (Kent 1700-1765 London) A wooded landscape unframed
    Dec. 09, 2009

    Attributed to George Lambert (Kent 1700-1765 London) A wooded landscape unframed

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    A wooded landscape with figures bathing in a river near a mill oil on canvas 101.6 x 125.8cm (40 x 49 1/2in). unframed

    Bonhams
  • GEORGE LAMBERT
    Oct. 29, 2009

    GEORGE LAMBERT

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH BRIDGE AND HILLTOP CASTLE signed and dated l.l.: G. Lambert/ 1740

    Sotheby's
  • George Lambert , 1710-1765 Village Pond with two men in a punt oil on canvas, held in a British Rococo style frame
    Dec. 04, 2008

    George Lambert , 1710-1765 Village Pond with two men in a punt oil on canvas, held in a British Rococo style frame

    Est: £15,000 - £20,000

    signed and dated l.c.; G.Lambert. 1744 oil on canvas, held in a British Rococo style frame

    Sotheby's
  • George Lambert , 1710-1765 River Landscape with Bridge and Hilltop Castle oil on canvas, held in a British Regency carved and gilded frame
    Dec. 04, 2008

    George Lambert , 1710-1765 River Landscape with Bridge and Hilltop Castle oil on canvas, held in a British Regency carved and gilded frame

    Est: £15,000 - £20,000

    signed and dated l.l.: G. Lambert/ 1740 oil on canvas, held in a British Regency carved and gilded frame

    Sotheby's
  • George Lambert (1700-1765)
    Sep. 06, 2006

    George Lambert (1700-1765)

    Est: £3,000 - £5,000

    Figures resting in a river landscape, a mill beyond indistinctly signed 'G Lambert' (lower centre) oil on canvas 34 x 45 in. (86.4 x 114.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • GEORGE LAMBERT 1710-1765
    Nov. 24, 2005

    GEORGE LAMBERT 1710-1765

    Est: £200,000 - £300,000

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN VIEW OF DUNTON HALL, LINCOLNSHIRE measurements note 83 by 133 cm., 32 1/2 by 52 1/4 in. signed l.r.:G.Lambert / 1739 oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame PROVENANCE Probably commissioned by Sigismund Trafford of Dunton Hall, Lincolnshire, and possibly sold at the Dunton Hall sale, Yorke of Cambridge, 22nd-27th August 1774; Mrs Hartmann, of White Lodge, Richmond Park, by whom sold, Christie's, 27th November 1909, lot 32, bt. W. Lockett Agnew; By descent to his wife, by whose executors sold, Christie's, 15th June 1923, lot 35, bt. F.H. Robinson; Later re-acquired by the family EXHIBITED Tate Gallery, Richard Wilson's Contemporaries, 3rd November 1982-2nd January 1983, no.3; Sotheby's, The Artist and the Country House, 1995, no.43 LITERATURE J. Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, Vol.VI, 1812, p.116; John Harris, The Artist and the Country House, 1979, p.260, fig.275; Marie-Luise Schnackenburg, Der Englische Lanschaftsmaler George Lambert, PhD Thesis, 1995, p.116, cat.no. 66, fig.62; Michael Hall, 'Only a picture of a house', Country Life, 11th January 1996, pp.28-29, fig.7; Bridget Holmes, 'The Sale of Dunton Hall - 1774', Wisbech Society and Preservation Trust 58th Annual Report, 1997, pp.8-12; Elizabeth Einberg, 'The Works of George Lambert', Walpole Society, Vol.LXIII, 2001, P1739, fig.49 NOTE The marvellous painting of Dunton Hall is perhaps Lambert's most attractive house view. It is at once a striking landscape study, and a beautiful example of Georgian architectural display. The spectator is placed off-centre, as if standing further back on the drive which winds its way across the bridge to the house in the distance. Lambert's compositional daring is demonstrated by his bold rotation of the house, away from the direction of view; his sensitive handling of colour evokes the warmth and beauty of a late summer evening. Dunton Hall, Lincolnshire was rebuilt in 1720, probably by William Sands of Boston for the owner, Sigismund Trafford (d.1722). The design was based on the model of Buckingham House which was completed in about 1707 for John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham, by his architect William Winde (c.1645-1722). Buckingham House was later sold to George III and became Buckingham Palace. Dunton Hall was built nine bays wide, but one bay shallower than the Buckingham House precedent. It was described by William Stukely in his Itinerarium Curiosum of 1724 as being 'lately rebuilt magnificently'. Trafford left Dunton Hall to his nephew and heir, Sigismund Boehm Trafford, (1694-1741), who probably commissioned this painting. Sigismund the younger was a member of the Gentleman's Society of Spalding, and achieved recognition for his work, 'An Essay on Draining, particularly Bedford Level', published in 1729. This may account for the prominent Shire Drain and bridge which take up most of the foreground of Lambert's composition, almost superseding the house in importance. After the death of Sigismund the younger, the house then devolved to Sigismund's nephew, Sir Clement Boehm Trafford. His mismanagement of the estate and troubled finances meant he was forced to auction it off, along with most of the contents, as building material in 1774. It was later re-acquired by the family.

    Sotheby's
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