Lot Essay
William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp, was a British politician. He was the son of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn. He died, in 1823, unmarried.
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ATTRIBUTED TO ANNE MEE, NÉE FOLDSONE (BRITISH, 1770/75 - 1851)
Two miniatures: William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (1782-1823), in fur-bordered blue cloak, white waistcoat and black stock, wearing a gold chain, standing in an interior; together with a countess, seated on green chair, in black dress and gold shawl, wearing pearl, a black hat and a blue shawl and a book on her lap; curtain and building in background
on ivory
rectangular, 9.1/8 x 6.3/8 in. (234 x 162 mm.) and 7½ x 5½ in. (190 x 140 mm.); ormolu frames, the former by Alphonse Giroux, surmounted by an earl's coronet, the latter with a countess's coronet and monogram CB
Two miniatures: William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (1782-1823), in fur-bordered blue cloak, white waistcoat and black stock, wearing a gold chain, standing in an interior; together with a countess, seated on green chair, in black dress and gold shawl, wearing pearl, a black hat and a blue shawl and a book on her lap; curtain and building in background
on ivory
rectangular, 9.1/8 x 6.3/8 in. (234 x 162 mm.) and 7½ x 5½ in. (190 x 140 mm.); ormolu frames, the former by Alphonse Giroux, surmounted by an earl's coronet, the latter with a countess's coronet and monogram CB
Literature
J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Cardiff, 1962, vol. II, p. 131, nos. 64 and 63 (as 'called Catherine, Countess Beauchamp', with a note 'The sitter is too young to represent Lady Beauchamp at this date').
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