Lot Essay
Diana Grosset (d. 1784) married the Hon. Robert Walpole (1736-1810), a Clerk of the Privy Council and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal, in 1780 and had issue.
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Diana Walpole, facing right in loose white robes, blue ribbon tied at corsage, pearls in her powdered curling hair
Details
ABRAHAM DANIEL (d. 1806)
Diana Walpole, facing right in loose white robes, blue ribbon tied at corsage, pearls in her powdered curling hair
oval, 26 in. (56 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse with seed pearls on plaited hair within bright-cut border, set within gilt-metal surround
Diana Walpole, facing right in loose white robes, blue ribbon tied at corsage, pearls in her powdered curling hair
oval, 26 in. (56 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse with seed pearls on plaited hair within bright-cut border, set within gilt-metal surround
Provenance
P. J. B. Harland; Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1969, lot 46 (£300 to Robert).
