WILLIAM EGLEY (BRITISH, 1798-1870)
Lot 148

WILLIAM EGLEY (BRITISH, 1798-1870)

Closed29 November 2011

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GBP 5,000

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WILLIAM EGLEY (BRITISH, 1798-1870)
A double portrait of two daughters of Richard Fellowes Benyon (1811-1897), seated in a woodland landscape with a basket of flowers, both in white dresses, the younger girl with a pink sash, the elder with a blue sash
signed, dated and inscribed on the backing card 'The Daughters of Richard Benyon Esqre Painted by William Egley 8 Montagu Street, Portman Square London. Octr 8th. 1864'
on ivory
rectangular, 5 1/8 x 6½ in. (128 x 167 mm.), ormolu frame with pierced foliate surround with monogram surmount MEGEB

Specialist note

Richard Fellowes Benyon was born Richard Fellowes but changed his name to Benyon upon the death in 1854 of his uncle, Richard Benyon de Beauvoir, and upon inheriting Englefield House in Berkshire. Richard Benyon had three daughters and on his death in 1897 his estates were bequeathed to his nephew, James Herbert Benyon.