Lot Essay
Marianne Margaret, only daughter of Sir J. G. Juckes Clifton, 8th Bt., of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, married Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Bt., in July 1842.
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Lady Bruce (d. 1891) seated in a red upholstered chair, in off-the-shoulder white dress with light blue silk stole draped around her arms, gold pendant suspended from a black ribbon necklace, her brown hair plaited and upswept
Details
WILLIAM EGLEY (BRITISH, 1798-1870)
Lady Bruce (d. 1891) seated in a red upholstered chair, in off-the-shoulder white dress with light blue silk stole draped around her arms, gold pendant suspended from a black ribbon necklace, her brown hair plaited and upswept
signed and dated on the reverse 'Lady Bruce Painted by William Egley. 75 Connaught Terrace. Hyde Park. July 3rd 1849.'
oval, 2½ in. (64 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within hinged gold locket case with engraved floral design, set on the lid of a gold mounted ivory snuff-box
Lady Bruce (d. 1891) seated in a red upholstered chair, in off-the-shoulder white dress with light blue silk stole draped around her arms, gold pendant suspended from a black ribbon necklace, her brown hair plaited and upswept
signed and dated on the reverse 'Lady Bruce Painted by William Egley. 75 Connaught Terrace. Hyde Park. July 3
oval, 2½ in. (64 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within hinged gold locket case with engraved floral design, set on the lid of a gold mounted ivory snuff-box
Provenance
Christie's, London, 15 May 1979, lot 77.
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