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ANNE MEE, NEE FOLDSONE (BRITISH, C. 1770/75-1851)
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ANNE MEE, NEE FOLDSONE (BRITISH, C. 1770/75-1851)

Fermé31 May 2012

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GBP 1,250

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ANNE MEE, NEE FOLDSONE (BRITISH, C. 1770/75-1851)
Two sisters, both in white dresses and gold jewellery, one with her hand on the other's shoulder, whose right hand rests on her chest
on ivory
octagonal, 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (60 x 47 mm.), rectangular ormolu frame with palm leaf spandrels, surmounted with a bird carrying palm leaves in its beak, scrolling mirrored initials CC and MC below

By family descent.

Note du spécialiste

It has been suggested that the sitters are Cassandra and Louisa Knight, daughters of Edward Knight of Godmersham Park, Kent. Cassandra, the eldest daughter, married in 1834 Lord George Augusta Hill (1801-1879), son of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquis of Downshire.