HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH, 1599-1641)

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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH, 1599-1641)

Anne Villiers, Countess of Morton (c. 1610-1654), in white dress and gold silk shawl draped over her left shoulder, wearing pearls, her left hand resting on a plinth set with two pink roses
Signed and dated 'H.P.Bone 1835.' (lower left) and on the counter-enamel enamel 'Ann Countess of Morton / Governess to the Children of Charles 1st. London July 1835 / Painted by Henry Pierce Bone Enamel Painter to her / Majesty and their Royal Highness the Duchess / of Kent & Princess Victoria. For J. P. Ord Esq. from / the original by Vandyck in the Collection of Earl / Spencer Althorp. Northamptonshire.'
Enamel on copper
Rectangular, 185 x 148 mm., in frosted gilt-metal mount engraved 'Enamel. HBone. R.A.', in modern giltwood frame
Further inscribed on the backing card with artist's address.

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Lot Essay

The sitter was the daughter of Sir Edward Villiers and his wife Barbara St. John. Her niece was Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, a mistress of King Charles II. She was the godmother of Princess Henrietta, the youngest daughter of King Charles I and Henrietta Maria. She looked after the princess during the Parliamentary uprising, taking her to France to be reunited with her mother. They travelled in disguise to avoid recognition and arrest.

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