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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)
Lot 122PROPERTY FROM A WELSH PRIVATE COLLECTION

GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)

Fermé29 November 2011

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GBP 25,000

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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)
George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (1771-1839), in profile to the right, in emerald green coat, white frilled cravat, powdered wig
on ivory
oval, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the surround engraved on the obverse 'George, 3rd.. Earl of Kingston. B: 28th April 1771 · D: 18th.. Octr. 1839' and 'Cosway, Prinxit. [sic]' on the glazed reverse centred with gold initial K on plaited hair ground; fitted red leather case (2)

By direct family descent.

Note du spécialiste

George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, was the son of Sir Robert King and his wife Caroline, née FitzGerald. He married, in 1794, Lady Helena Moore and they had five children. A 'Capt King' is listed in George Engleheart's fee book for 1794, the year of the sitter's marriage (see G. C. Williamson H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829. Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, p. 102).
For another portrait of the present sitter by George Engleheart in the uniform of the 50th Regiment of Foot, see lot 128. For a portrait of Lady Helena by George Engleheart, see lot 129 and lot 143 includes a portrait of her by Sir William Charles Ross, and her two eldest sons.