Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/56-1808)
Lot 387 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN

SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/56-1808)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 8,750

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SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/56-1808)
James George, 3rd Earl of Courtown (1765-1835) and his brothers Lt. General The Hon. Sir Edward (1766-1837) and Admiral The Hon. Sir Robert Stopford (1768-1847), when children: the eldest and youngest in light blue van Dyck dress, Edward in brown van Dyck dress, slashed to reveal white, frilled white collars and cuffs; red curtain and foliate background
signed with monogram and dated 'SS 1774' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 3 5/8 in. (94 mm.) wide, later gilt-metal frame

Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La.; Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 10.

Specialist note

The three boys in the miniature were children of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown and his wife Mary, née Powys. James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown served with the Coldstream Guards in the British Army and later went into politics as MP for Great Bedwyn. He also served as Treasure of the Household in Pitt's governement. He married, in 1791, Lady Mary, eldest daughter of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry. Sir Edward Stopford, G.C.B., K.T.S. died unmarried. Sir Robert Stopford, Rear-Admiral of England and Governor of Greenwich Hospital, married Mary, daughter of Robert Fanshawe.