Lot Essay
Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive, second daughter of 1st Earl of Powis married Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland in 1817 and had issue. She was governess to Princess Victoria.
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Charlotte, Duchess of Northumberland (d. 1866), facing left in black velvet dress with white sleeves and lace-bordered white underdress, drop-pearl pendant at corsage, gold choker with gem-set clasp, black hat with white plumes in her dark curling hair; draped red curtain background with foliage and sky beyond
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WILLIAM ESSEX (1784-1869)
Charlotte, Duchess of Northumberland (d. 1866), facing left in black velvet dress with white sleeves and lace-bordered white underdress, drop-pearl pendant at corsage, gold choker with gem-set clasp, black hat with white plumes in her dark curling hair; draped red curtain background with foliage and sky beyond
signed and dated on the counter-enamel 'Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland. W. Essex Pinx.t 1834 Enam.l painter to H. R. H. the Princess Augusta.'
enamel on gold
octagonal, 1¾ x 1 7/16 in. (44 x 36 mm.), gold mount with foliate surround, set on a gold bangle, the sides with foliate scrolls and red and white stones
Charlotte, Duchess of Northumberland (d. 1866), facing left in black velvet dress with white sleeves and lace-bordered white underdress, drop-pearl pendant at corsage, gold choker with gem-set clasp, black hat with white plumes in her dark curling hair; draped red curtain background with foliage and sky beyond
signed and dated on the counter-enamel 'Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland. W. Essex Pinx.
enamel on gold
octagonal, 1¾ x 1 7/16 in. (44 x 36 mm.), gold mount with foliate surround, set on a gold bangle, the sides with foliate scrolls and red and white stones
Provenance
Gertrude, Countess Amherst; Christie's, London, 23 March 1982, lot 297.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Further details
(ILLUSTRATED ON P. 23)