William Wood (British, 1769-1810)

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William Wood (British, 1769-1810)
A lady called Sarah Louisa Broke, née Middleton (1777-1843)
On ivory
Oval, 82 mm. high, in gilt-metal frame, the reverse with plaited hair

Provenance

Shrubland Park, Suffolk, Sotheby's, 19-21 September 2006, lot 965A (as an unknown lady).
With Judy & Brian Harden Antiques, in 2006.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Sarah Louisa Broke, née Middleton was the daughter of Sir William Fowle Middleton, 1st Bt. of Crowfield and Shrubland Park, Suffolk (1748-1829) and the sister of the 2nd Baronet (see lot 106). She married Rear Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Bt. (1776-1841), a distinguished Naval officer.
A 'Brooke, Mrs Louisa (Nacton, near Ipswich, Suffolk) 998. wife of Capt. B., R.N., daughter of Lady Middleton' is listed in the transcript of William Wood's ledger. See G.C. Williamson, The Miniature Collector, London, 1921, p. 277.

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