Baroness Sophia Elizabeth Wykeham [d. 1870], Thame Park, Oxfordshire.[1] private collection, England;[2] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 10 December 1991, no. 100, not sold); purchased 31 December 1991 through (Christie, Manson & Woods, London) by NGA. [1] Thame Park, originally a monastery, was acquired by Sir John Williams, later Lord Williams of Thame, in the mid 16th century. At his death in 1559 Thame Park was inherited by his eldest daughter, Isabella, who was married to Richard Wenman. Their grandson, Sir Richard Wenman, was created Viscount Wenman of Tuam in the Irish peerage in 1628. Succeeding male members of the family inherited Thame Park, through Philip, sixth Viscount Wenman, who died in 1760, and whose son and successor, the seventh and last Viscount, died in 1800 leaving no children. The seventh Viscount's heir was his nephew, William Richard Wykeham, who died a few months after him, leaving a daughter, Sophia Elizabeth, to succeed to the ownership of Thame Park. She was created a baroness in her own right in 1834, and she remained unmarried. At her death in 1870, her successor was her cousin, Herbert Wykeham, who was followed by his brother, Aubrey Wykeham, who had married Georgiana Musgrave. Aubrey and Georgiana's son, Wenman Aubrey Wykeham-Musgrave, owned Thame Park by 1909, and after his death it was sold to W.H. Gardiner, who owned the property by 1922. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowden bought Thame Park in 1938, after it had been owned for a time by Lady Forbes-Leith of Fyvie, and the Bowdens owned it until at least 1957. See Arthur Oswald, "Thame Park, Oxfordshire-I" and "Thame Park, Oxfordshire-II", _Country Life_ CXXII, no. 3175 (21 and 28 November 1957): 1092-1095 and 1148-1151; G. Berkeley Wills, "Alterations to Thame Park, Oxfordshire," _The Architectural Review_ LI (January 1922): 16; and "Thame Park, Oxfordshire. A Seat of Mr. W.A. Wykeham-Musgrave," _Country Life_ XXVI (17 July 1909): 90-97.) [2] The sculpture was offered for sale by "a family trust", where it had been for many years.