Live Auction 7800Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
OZIAS HUMPHRY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1810)
Lot 247

OZIAS HUMPHRY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1810)

Closed17 November 2009

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OZIAS HUMPHRY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1810)
Lady Margaret Buckhurst (d. 1591), in black dress with white ruff and lace cuffs, wearing long pearl necklace of several strands, long gem-set collar, gem-set black band in her auburn hair
inscribed by the artist on the reverse, 'Margaret, wife of Robert 2nd Earl of Dorset'
on ivory
rectangular, 3 15/16 x 3¼ in. (100 x 83 mm.), gold frame with glazed reverse

Sackville Bale Collection.
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York;
Christie's, London, 24 June 1935, lot 352 (8 gns to Frank Partridge).
Christie's, London, 8 July 1987, lot 267.

Specialist note

Lady Margaret (d. 1591), daughter of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, and the mother of Edward and Richard Sackville, was the first wife of Robert Sackville. As she died in 1591 before her husband received earldom, she never reached the dignity of Countess of Dorset.
The present miniature is based on a larger painting once at Knole, the current whereabouts of which are unknown.