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William Chafyn Grove (1731–1793)
George Romney (English, 1734–1802)
1779–80
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
127 x 100.3 cm (50 x 39 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick L. Jack
Accession Number35.1218
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
A lawyer, Grove entered London’s Middle Temple (essentially a law school) in 1750 and was called to the bar six years later. He was never famous, but Romney conveys a sense that he was a man of solid respectability and social comfort. Grove served as Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury between 1768 and 1774 and then for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Grove, in October 1776; the couple had no children.
ProvenanceBy 1793, William Chafyn Grove (I), Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (original commission, d. 1793); 1793-1832, Mrs. Elizabeth Grove, Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (widow of William Chafyn Grove (I), by inheritance with house, d. 1832); 1832-1851, Chafyn Grove, Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (by inheritance with house, d. 1851); 1851-?, William Chafyn Grove (II), Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (by inheritance with house); by 1865, William Chafyn Grove (III), Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (by inheritance with house, d. 1865); 1865-1891, Julia Elizabeth Chafyn Grove, Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (by inheritance, sister of Grove, d. 1891); 1891-1913, George Troyte-Chafyn-Grove, Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (by inheritance with house, d. 1913) [1]; 1913-1930, Lt. Col. Edward George Troyte-Bullock, Zeals House, Wiltshire, England, UK (by inheritance with house, d. 1942); July 18, 1930, (0088) Troyte-Bullock sale (Christie's) London; 1930, Martin buying for Frederick L. Jack (bought at Troyte-Bullock sale); 1930-1935, Frederick L. Jack (buying through Martin); 1935, gift of Jack. ( Accession Date: April 18, 1935)
NOTES:
[1] born Geo. Bullock, assumed about 1852 by Royal Licence surname of Troyte in addition to and before Bullock in conformity with the will of maternal relative, Rev. Edward Berkely Troyte, assumed Chafyn-Grove in lieu of Bullock in 1892
NOTES:
[1] born Geo. Bullock, assumed about 1852 by Royal Licence surname of Troyte in addition to and before Bullock in conformity with the will of maternal relative, Rev. Edward Berkely Troyte, assumed Chafyn-Grove in lieu of Bullock in 1892