A large early 19th century oil painting on canvas portrait of John Toler, first Earl of Norbury

A large early 19th century oil painting on canvas portrait of John Toler, first Earl of Norbury seated and in the red robes of the Chief Justice with white fur trimmings to the cape and cuffs, wearing a judicial wig, documents, ink pots and quill pen to hand, shown in a library setting, in substantial gilt wood frame with scrolling detail, crown surmount and with plaque to base inscribed The Rht Honbl Earl Norbury Chief Justice of Common Pleas, external dimensions of frame 170 x 145 cm approx (the Lord Norbury was an Irish lawyer and judge nicknamed The Hanging Judge and Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas between 1800 and 1827, this painting was part of the sale of the contents of Thornbury Castle, date TBC)