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AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1769-1830)
George Henry Robert Vane-Tempest, Viscount Seaham (1821-1884), later 5th Marquess of Londonderry, as a child, in white dress, blue sash and bow at shoulder, seated; red curtain background
on ivory
1?. x 1½ in. (48 x 38 mm.) high, in octagonal silver easel-frame with pierced border, set with opals, amethyst cabochons, almandine garnets and turquoise, with rose-cut diamond border, the reverse engraved, 'Veiled in deep clouds the distant future lies / And who may pierce them - but human eyes / Nought than thy prospects, fairest boy more fair / Enchants the wanderer through a world of care. / Born. April 26, 1821.'
George Henry Robert Vane-Tempest, Viscount Seaham (1821-1884), later 5th Marquess of Londonderry, as a child, in white dress, blue sash and bow at shoulder, seated; red curtain background
on ivory
1?. x 1½ in. (48 x 38 mm.) high, in octagonal silver easel-frame with pierced border, set with opals, amethyst cabochons, almandine garnets and turquoise, with rose-cut diamond border, the reverse engraved, 'Veiled in deep clouds the distant future lies / And who may pierce them - but human eyes / Nought than thy prospects, fairest boy more fair / Enchants the wanderer through a world of care. / Born. April 26, 1821.'
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