(Post under construction)
Hewetson in Rome (Part 17).
Thomas Brereton Westfaling 1740 - 1814.
Two carved marble busts by Christopher Hewetson.
The Louvre Bust of Thomas Brereton Westfaling.
Heigh 55.6 cms.
Westfaling was in Rome in 1789. (Ingamells).
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010095262
They say -
"Presumably executed in Italy in Rome in the years 1780-1785. From the library at Kentchurch Court Castle, Herefordshire, England, owned by the Scudamore family.
A copy of the bust was discovered by Philip Ward-Jackson on a funerary monument in Ross-on-Wye and allowed the identification in 1992 to Thomas Brereton-Westfaling (1740-1814), only son of the Reverend Richard Brereton of County Gloucester.
In 1781 he married Mary Westfaling, whose name he later took.
Art trade, London, 1986. Acquired in 1987 (committee of March 12, council of March 18, order of March 19, 1987)".
This appears to have been Colnaghis in partnership with Cyril Humphris
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Ingamells says 1789.
Thomas Westfaling.
Marble bust.
On the Monument executed by William Theed the Elder (1764 -1817)).
in St Marys Church, Ross on Wye, Hereford.
Prebendary Beattie appears not to have liked it, as he simply said “this white marble bust of Thomas Brereton (sic) was placed among the Rudhall monuments in 1817.”
The monument is inscribed -
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF THOMAS WESTFALING ESQUIRE
THE ONLY SON OF THE REVEREND RICHARD BRERETON
OF THE COUNTY OF GLOCESTER.
HE MARRIED IN THE YEAR MDCCXCI,
MARY, SOLE HEIRESS OF THE ANCIENT FAMILY OF WESTFALING
OF WHICH HE ASSUMED THE NAME.
HE WAS BORN MAY XII.MDCCLX
DIED JUNE XVIII.MDCCCXIV
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A MAN OF UNCORRUPTED AND UNBLEMISHED INTEGRITY; OF A MIND ARDENT IN SUPPORTING THE MEASURES HE APPROVED, YET SO TEMPERED BY THE BENIGNITY OF HIS MANNERS, AS TO CONCILIATE THE GOOD WILL OF HIS WARMEST OPPONENTS.
HOW KINDLY HE PROVIDED FOR THE WANTS OF THE POOR, HOW STUDIOUSLY HE PROCURED INSTRUCTION FOR THEIR CHILDREN, THE TEARS OF THE POOR BEAR WITNESS.
HOW WARM AND STEADY IN FRIENDSHIP,
HOW DEAR AND USEFUL TO SOCIETY,
HOW MUCH HE WAS THE DELIGHT AND ORNAMENT OF THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD,
THE MONUMENT YOU BEHOLD MAY TESTIFY.
IT WAS ERECTED BY THOSE
WHO BEST KNEW AND BEST FELT HIS WORTH:
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Engraving from
Some Account of the Monument and Character of T. W. Esq. [By
J. Webb.]
By Thomas Westfaling.
pub.1818.
Available from Google Books.
(somewhat biased and not terribly enlightening)
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de Breffny was unaware of the identity of this bust
The description below from
No 34. White marble bust.
Height 66 cm.
Inscribed "Christophorus Hewetson Fecit”.
Provenance.
This bust was among the contents of Holme Lacy, Herefordshire when that estate was auctioned in 1910. In the latter half the eighteenth century Holme Lacy was owned by Frances Fittroy - Scudamore who a widow from 1750, until her death at Holme Lacy in 1782.
She was succeeded by her only child, Frances heiress of Holme Lacy. Born 1750, married 1771 as his second wife Charles Howard (1746-1815) who from 1777, when his father succeeded to the Duchy of Norfolk was styled Earl,of Surrey and succeeded on his fathers death in 1786. as the 11th Duke of Norfolk. He resided at Norfolk House, London. and at Arundel.
He spent vast sums on books and works of Art. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 1779, and President of Society Of Arts. 1793.
He seems to have been the only male connected with Holme Lacy Holme at the time when Hewetson was active.
However. he died childless, his Wife having become a lunatic soon after their marriage.
On her death in 1820. Holme Lacy passed to her distant kinsman. Sir Edwin Francis Stanhope Bt
It is therefore possible that the Hewetson bust was bought to Holme Lacy by the Stanhopes. Sir Edwyn’s son succeeded to the title of a distant kinsman as 9th Earl of Chesterfield.
And his son, the 10th Earl Chesterfield sold Holme Lacy with all of its content, including the bust in 1910, and sold again at Sotheby’s London 22 April 1986, Lot 73 to Richard Herner Esq.
For Holme Lacy see - https://archive.org/details/in-english-homes-vol-1-31295001575223_202005/page/381/mode/2up?q=Holme&view=theater
Images below from de Breffny
