A fan signed Cte.Nils, the leaf painted en grisaille with a view of Witley Court with the fountain in the foreground and two smaller vignettes of the lake one with a gazebo on an island and figures rowing in the foreground, with monogram G.E.D with Countess's coronet above, the verso of canepin also painted with monogram and coronet, with tortoiseshell sticks, each with monogram G.E.D. with coronet above in gold - 12in. (31cm.), circa 1880

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A fan signed Cte.Nils, the leaf painted en grisaille with a view of Witley Court with the fountain in the foreground and two smaller vignettes of the lake one with a gazebo on an island and figures rowing in the foreground, with monogram G.E.D with Countess's coronet above, the verso of canepin also painted with monogram and coronet, with tortoiseshell sticks, each with monogram G.E.D. with coronet above in gold - 12in. (31cm.), circa 1880

Provenance

Georgina Elizabeth, 3rd daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieff who married the 1st Earl of Dudley as his second wife on 21st November 1865
by descent to the vendor

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Lot Essay

There are several other known fans painted by Cte [Count] Nils with views of seats: including Sandringham for the Princess of Wales, in The Royal Collection, and Woburn for the Duchess of Bedford, still at Woburn.

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