William Robinson (British, 1799-1839) Portrait of John Willoughby Cole (1768–1840) 2nd Earl of Enniskillen, bust-length, wearing the insignia of the Order of Saint Patrick oil on canvas 75 x 60.5cm Provenance: Painted for the sitter’s sister, Lady Henrietta Frances Cole (1784-1848) who married Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest (1781-1859) in 1805, Thence by descent at Wrest Park to his great-granddaughter Nan Ino Herbert, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1880-1958) Her Sale, Christie’s, Wrest Park Sale, 16th November 1917, Sold to Lady Charlotte Smith-Barry (née Cole, d.1933) the sitter's granddaughter, By whom given in 1922 to her nephew Lowry Arthur Casamaijor Cole (1878-1955) Thence by descent to his son Reverend Arthur Lowry Frederick Cole (b.1911), By whom bequeathed to the present owner. Footnote: The present lot is by family tradition a copy Robinson made for the sitter's sister, Lady Henrietta Frances Cole (1784-1848) from the prime version that hangs still at Florence Court, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.