HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)

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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
Anne, Countess Craven, née Tylney (c. 1705 - 1729/30), in blue dress over white chemise, wearing a pink cloak attached with a jewelled chain, a pink flower in her long blond hair; tree and sky background
enamel
oval, 4? in. (105 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

Provenance

By direct family descent; Christie's, London, 26 June 1979, lot 90.

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Lot Essay

Anne, Countess Craven, was the daughter of Frederick Tylney. On 1 June 1721, she married William Craven, 3rd Baron Craven of Hampsted Marshall. She died on 5 February in 1729 / 1730, without issue, and was buried at Binley, Coventry, Warwickshire.
This miniature is purportedly after a full-scale painting of the Countess at Coombe Abbey.

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