A decorative miniature of Sir Augustus d'Estes at the age of seven (after Cosway)

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A decorative miniature of Sir Augustus d'Estes at the age of seven (after Cosway)
half length in pale yellow coat and trousers, white shirt with ruffled collar, fair hair
inscribed on label on reverse, rectangular black frame inset with crown and monogram PAFL
oval, 36 in. (81 mm.) high; and two decorative miniatures including Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland, in low-cut white dress with pink sash, a white ribbon in her long curling hair, sky background; another young lady, in brown coat over her white fichu, a white turban in her fair curling hair, sky background
both in gilt-metal frames
ovals, 2.15/16 in. (72 mm.) and 3.3/8 in. (86mm.) high (3)

Exhibited

British Red Cross Society & The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 1915, no. 977 (part)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Augustus Frederick was born 27 January 1773, and was created Duke of Sussex and Earl of Inverness in 1801. He married, 1st, Lady Augusta Murray (c.1762-18030) in 1793, and married 2nd, Lady Cecelia Buggin (1793-1873) in 1831. He died 20 21st April 1843. He had children by his first wife: Augustus Frederick d'Este (1794-1848) and Augusta Emma d'Este, later Lady Truro (1801-1866)

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