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Lot 23
SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/56-1808)
Closed8 July 2010
Price Realised
GBP 4,000
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SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/56-1808)
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, née Bingham (1762-1831), in mauve dress with white frilled collar, powdered upswept hair
signed and dated in full on the backing card '1780 Sam.Shelley pinx No 16 King Street. Covent Garden', and later inscribed by George John, 2nd Earl Spencer 'Lavinia Bingham'
on ivory
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, née Bingham (1762-1831), in mauve dress with white frilled collar, powdered upswept hair
signed and dated in full on the backing card '1780 Sam.Shelley pinx No 16 King Street. Covent Garden', and later inscribed by George John, 2nd Earl Spencer 'Lavinia Bingham'
on ivory
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/56-1808)
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, née Bingham (1762-1831), in mauve dress with white frilled collar, powdered upswept hair
signed and dated in full on the backing card '1780 Sam.Shelley pinx No 16 King Street. Covent Garden', and later inscribed by George John, 2nd Earl Spencer 'Lavinia Bingham'
on ivory
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, née Bingham (1762-1831), in mauve dress with white frilled collar, powdered upswept hair
signed and dated in full on the backing card '1780 Sam.Shelley pinx No 16 King Street. Covent Garden', and later inscribed by George John, 2nd Earl Spencer 'Lavinia Bingham'
on ivory
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), inventory Miniatures at Althorp, no. 143 (as 'No: 37 in 1914 list. H.475 in Inventory. Exhibited: South Kensington Loan 1865.')
London, South Kensington Museum, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, June 1865.
London, The Palace of Arts, Wembley, The British Empire Exhibition, 1924, no. V161 (lent by The Earl Spencer).
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art c.1000-1860, 1934, no. 1031 (lent by The Earl Spencer).
London, The Palace of Arts, Wembley, The British Empire Exhibition, 1924, no. V161 (lent by The Earl Spencer).
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art c.1000-1860, 1934, no. 1031 (lent by The Earl Spencer).
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