SAMUEL SHELLEY (1750/56-1808)

James George, 3rd Earl of Courtown, and his brothers Lt. Gen. The Hon. Sir Edward and Admiral The Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, as children; in light blue, brown and mid-blue Van Dyck costumes with frilled white shirts with tassels respectively, standing before a balustrade; pillar, draped red curtain and foliate background

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SAMUEL SHELLEY (1750/56-1808)
James George, 3rd Earl of Courtown, and his brothers Lt. Gen. The Hon. Sir Edward and Admiral The Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, as children; in light blue, brown and mid-blue Van Dyck costumes with frilled white shirts with tassels respectively, standing before a balustrade; pillar, draped red curtain and foliate background
signed with monogram and dated 'SS 1774' (lower right)
oval, 2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

Lot Essay

James George, 3rd Earl of Courtown (1765-1835) married Lady Mary, eldest daughter of Duke of Buccleuch in 1791. Sir Edward Stopford, G.C.B., K.T.S. (1766-1837) died unmarried. Sir Robert Stopford (1768-1847), Rear-Admiral of England and Governor of Greenwich Hospital, married Mary, daughter of Robert Fanshawe.

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