This recently discovered 18th century portrait was painted by John Vanderbank (1694- 1739) and depicts Holles St John of Lydiard Park.
Art dealer Miles Barton discovered the 3ft x 2ft 4in (91 x 71cm) oil “dirty and unattributed” and has since sold it for “a high four-figure sum” to the Trustees of the Friends of Lydiard Park. The Grade I listed Palladian house in Swindon was home for 500 years to the St John family.