Property from the Estates of the late Adrian Stanford and Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley (Lots 1-70)
A GEORGE III GILT WOOD AND COMPOSITION HANGING DISPLAY CABINET
CIRCA 1812
Details
A GEORGE III GILT WOOD AND COMPOSITION HANGING DISPLAY CABINET
CIRCA 1812
Inset with miniatures of children, one by John Cox Dillman Engleheart, signed and dated 1812 to the reverse and in another hand inscribed 'Lord Russell, son to Francis and Anna Maria, Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock'
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide
Provenance
Lyons Demesne: Works of Art from the Collection of the late Dr Tony Ryan, Christie's London 14th July 2011, lot 81.
Lot Essay
Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford (1788 – 1861), Marquis of Tavistock from 1802 to 1839, married the Hon. Anna Maria Stanhope, daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, in 1808.