Lot Essay
Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1747 to 1752. He was named after his father's close friend Cosimo de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
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18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
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A GROUP OF SEVEN PORTRAIT MINIATURES
18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720-1752), in blue coat with gold frogging, red waistcoat and hair worn en queue, in gilt-metal frame, the reverse engraved 'Cosmo Duke of Gordon'; together with an officer in red coat with black facings and silver epaulettes, in gilt-metal frame, the reverse centred with a neoclassical scene, translucent blue glass surround; another officer in blue coat, gold epaulettes, in gilt-metal frame; another officer in Royal Artillery uniform, in gilt-metal frame; together with a gentleman in black coat, auburn hair, in gilt-metal frame, the glazed reverse with two locks of hair on opalescent glass; another gentleman in black coat, his arms folded, in gilt-metal frame, the glazed reverse with lock of hair on opalescent glass and small oval blue glass reserve set with seed-pearl initials GR; together with a lady in white dress and white bonnet with blue ribbon, blue belt with pearl-set buckle
the former on card, the rest on ivory
1 5/8 in. (40 mm.) to 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high (7)
18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720-1752), in blue coat with gold frogging, red waistcoat and hair worn en queue, in gilt-metal frame, the reverse engraved 'Cosmo Duke of Gordon'; together with an officer in red coat with black facings and silver epaulettes, in gilt-metal frame, the reverse centred with a neoclassical scene, translucent blue glass surround; another officer in blue coat, gold epaulettes, in gilt-metal frame; another officer in Royal Artillery uniform, in gilt-metal frame; together with a gentleman in black coat, auburn hair, in gilt-metal frame, the glazed reverse with two locks of hair on opalescent glass; another gentleman in black coat, his arms folded, in gilt-metal frame, the glazed reverse with lock of hair on opalescent glass and small oval blue glass reserve set with seed-pearl initials GR; together with a lady in white dress and white bonnet with blue ribbon, blue belt with pearl-set buckle
the former on card, the rest on ivory
1 5/8 in. (40 mm.) to 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high (7)
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