Lot Essay
For the original portrait by Venables upon which this miniature is based, see The Althorp Attic Sale catalogue, Christie's South Kensington, 7-8 July 2010, lot 458.
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George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, K.G. (1758-1834), seated on a red-upholstered chair, in dark green coat with black collar, wearing the breast-star of the Order of the Garter
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, K.G. (1758-1834), seated on a red-upholstered chair, in dark green coat with black collar, wearing the breast-star of the Order of the Garter
signed, dated and fully inscribed on the counter-enamel 'George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG. born Septtr 1. 1758 Painted at Althorp, Octr 1833, for Ld. Visct. Althorp, partly from a picture by Vena- -bles, partly from life, by Henry Pierce Bone, Enamel Painter to Her Majesty and their Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria Althorp very like Fred Spencer'
enamel on copper
rectangular, 5 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (142 x 117 mm.), gilt-metal mount
George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, K.G. (1758-1834), seated on a red-upholstered chair, in dark green coat with black collar, wearing the breast-star of the Order of the Garter
signed, dated and fully inscribed on the counter-enamel 'George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG. born Septtr 1. 1758 Painted at Althorp, Octr 1833, for Ld. Visct. Althorp, partly from a picture by Vena- -bles, partly from life, by Henry Pierce Bone, Enamel Painter to Her Majesty and their Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria Althorp very like Fred Spencer'
enamel on copper
rectangular, 5 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (142 x 117 mm.), gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Commissioned by John Charles, Viscount Althorp, later 3rd Earl Spencer (1782-1845) and thence by descent.
Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of Miniature Painters, London, 1979, I, p. 172.
Exhibited
London, South Kensington Museum, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, June 1865, no. 965 (lent by the Earl Spencer).
London, Royal Academy, 1834, no. 458.
London, Royal Academy, 1834, no. 458.
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