Lot Essay
For a biographical note on Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, see lot 59. For another portrait of the Duke of Beaufort, see lot 3.
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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MIERS (BRITISH, C. 1758-1821)
Two silhouettes: Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773-1847), in profile to the left, in double-breasted coat and frilled cravat, together with Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803), in profile to the left, in coat and frilled cravat
the former bronzed silhouette on plaster; the latter on card
ovals, 3.1/8 in. (80 mm.), gilt-metal mount, and 3.5/8 in. 92 mm.
the latter inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'Duke of Beaufort / March 1831'
Two silhouettes: Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773-1847), in profile to the left, in double-breasted coat and frilled cravat, together with Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803), in profile to the left, in coat and frilled cravat
the former bronzed silhouette on plaster; the latter on card
ovals, 3.1/8 in. (80 mm.), gilt-metal mount, and 3.5/8 in. 92 mm.
the latter inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'Duke of Beaufort / March 1831'
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