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    Sale 9847

    AT HOME - PORTRAIT MINIATURES, OBJECTS OF VERTU, ICONS, RUSS

    London, South Kensington

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    18 May 2004

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    • Follower of John Field
    Lot 10

    Follower of John Field

    Price realised

    GBP 478

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 500

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    Follower of John Field
    Princess Elizabeth and her husband Frederick Landgrave: she, in a dress with high collar and wearing a bonnet tied under her chin; he, in profile to left, wearing a coat and cravat
    painted on card, bronzed, rectangular black frames
    ovals, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high
    See part lot Illustration (2)

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    Lot Essay

    Princess Elizabeth was born 22 May 1770, the seventh of King George III and Queen Charlotte's fifteen children. Elizabeth married Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769-1829) in 1818. She died 10 January 1840, without issue.

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    Special Notice

    VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium


    Saleroom Notice

    This lot should read 'by a follower of John Field' and not as by Field.


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