Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), seated in a green-upholstered gilt-wood chair, full face in black silk dress with ruffled sleeves and deep lace collar, blue bow at corsage, gold necklace with seals and pendant tucked into her sash, lace cap with gauze and forget-me-nots in her brown hair

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SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS, R.A. (1794-1860)
Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), seated in a green-upholstered gilt-wood chair, full face in black silk dress with ruffled sleeves and deep lace collar, blue bow at corsage, gold necklace with seals and pendant tucked into her sash, lace cap with gauze and forget-me-nots in her brown hair
signed and dated on the reverse 'London 1839 Painted by WC Ross A.RA Miniature Painter to The Queen'
rectangular, 4 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. (110 x 85 mm.), ormolu frame with pierced foliate border

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Lot Essay

H. R. H. The Princess Augusta Sophia was the second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte. She died officially unmarried but is said to have secretly married Sir Brent Spencer about 1812.
An almost identical oval head and shoulders gold enamel after Ross by Henry Pierce Bone, signed and dated October 1840 (one month after Princess Augusta's death), was commissioned by Queen Victoria (Sotheby's, London, 15 November 1982, lot 38).

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