Lot Essay
Charlotte (died 1842), daughter and heiress of 4th Duke of Gordon married in 1789, Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox K.G. (1764-1819). They had issue
Details
Samuel Shelley (1750/6-1808)
The Duchess of Gordon, leaning against a red chair, wearing black dress with white underslip and lace cuffs, pearl amulet, powdered hair, red curtain background, landscape background
signed on the reverse in pencil, gilt-metal frame
oval, 2in. (51mm.) high
The Duchess of Gordon, leaning against a red chair, wearing black dress with white underslip and lace cuffs, pearl amulet, powdered hair, red curtain background, landscape background
signed on the reverse in pencil, gilt-metal frame
oval, 2in. (51mm.) high
Provenance
Sir J.G. Tollemache Sinclair, Bt. sold, Christie's, 2 April 1913, lot 25 as the Duchess of Gordon in the manner of Shelley (6 gns. to Sabin)
Literature
M. Tomas, La Miniatura En España, Spain, 1953, pl. XX