ARTHUR POND (LONDON 1701-1758)
Portrait of Lord Southwell, half-length in a red coat with gold brocade fringe; and Portrait of Lady Southwell, half-length in a pink and white dress decorated with pearls and edged with ermine
(i) black chalk and pastel on paper; (ii) red chalk and pastel on paper
23 x 18 in. (58.2 x 45.5 cm) each
Executed circa 1750
a pair

Mrs. Francis Southwell; widow of Francis Joseph Southwell, son of Arthur Robert Southwell, 5th Viscount Southwell, from whom acquired by
with Maas Gallery, London, February 16, 1961.
Private collection, New York, 2012.
with Lowell Libson, London.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above, 2013.

A. Besnard & G. Wildenstein, La Tour, Paris, 1928, nos 496 and 497.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists, online edition, nos J.597.334 and J.597.335.

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Thomas George Southwell, 3rd Baron and 1st Viscount Southwell, was the eldest son of Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baron Southwell of Castle Matress and his wife Mary Coke. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford and Lincoln's Inn, he joined the Coldstream Guards in 1738. In 1747, he became MP for Enniscorthy and later Limerick County, before he succeeded his father as Baron in 1766. He was also an active freemason, serving as Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, and was elevated to the title Viscount Southwell in 1776. On 18 June 1741, he married Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton of Castle Hamilton, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan. He died in 1780.