Live Auction 7999Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY, AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (1723-1792)
Lot 110 PROPERTY FROM A WELSH PRIVATE COLLECTION

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY, AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (1723-1792)

Closed29 November 2011

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GBP 2,750

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY, AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (1723-1792)
Maria, Countess Waldegrave, née Walpole (1736-1807), in white dress with blue bodice, white veil falling from her upswept hair, looking upwards, her chin resting on her right hand
on ivory
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within coronet surmount, with rectangular ebonised wood frame

By direct family descent.

Specialist note

Maria, Countess Waldegrave was the daughter of Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement. She married, in 1759, James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, and was styled Countess Waldegrave. Three years after the death of the earl in 1763, Maria married Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and brother of King George III. The marriage was performed without the knowledge of the Royal Family who would not have approved of the marriage as Maria was a widow, of non-royal rank, and of illegitimate birth. Their marriage led to King George III passing the Royal Marriage Act in 1772.
The present miniature is after the large-scale painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., now in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand.