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JOHN THOMAS BARBER BEAUMONT (BRITISH, 1774-1841)
Captain Samuel Edward Widdrington, R.N., (formerly Cook) (1787-1856), in blue coat, white waistcoat, white cravat, powdered hair worn à l'antique
signed with initials 'ITB' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with lock of fair hair, seed-pearls and gold wire on opalescent glass
Captain Samuel Edward Widdrington, R.N., (formerly Cook) (1787-1856), in blue coat, white waistcoat, white cravat, powdered hair worn à l'antique
signed with initials 'ITB' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with lock of fair hair, seed-pearls and gold wire on opalescent glass
Provenance
Captain Samuel Edward Widdrington, R.N., (formerly Cook) (1787-1856) and by descent at Newton Hall, Northumberland.
Literature
Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1925, p. 120.
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