Lot Essay
The present miniature derives from a large-scale portrait on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. of Lavinia, Countess Spencer, in the Spencer Collection at Althorp.
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OZIAS HUMPRHY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1810) AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, née Bingham (1762-1831), in fur-bordered pink coat over white dress with pink bow at corsage, lace-bordered white bonnet tied with pink ribbon tied below chin
on card
rectangular, 3¾ x 3¼ in. (95 x 83 mm.), gilt-metal mount, within larger tortoiseshell frame
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, née Bingham (1762-1831), in fur-bordered pink coat over white dress with pink bow at corsage, lace-bordered white bonnet tied with pink ribbon tied below chin
on card
rectangular, 3¾ x 3¼ in. (95 x 83 mm.), gilt-metal mount, within larger tortoiseshell frame
Provenance
George Appleyard (d.1855), George John, 2nd Earl Spencer's secretary and librarian at Althorp and Spencer House, and by descent to Lady Sarah Spencer (1787-1870), daughter of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer.
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), inventory Miniatures at Althorp, 1937, no. 80 (as 'Inherited from Lady Sarah Spencer in 1919; she had received it among the effects of George Appleyard.')
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Please note that the frame is lacquered with a tortoiseshell effect and is not tortoiseshell, and therefore does not contain an endangered species that would require a CITES licence in order to be exported from the EU.
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