Live Auction 5253Old Masters & British Paintings
Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxon 1753-1839 London)
Lot 142

Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxon 1753-1839 London)

Portrait of The Hon. Elizabeth Charlotte Eden, Lady Godolphin (1780-1847), three-quarter-length, in a white muslin dress with a yellow bow and a bejewelled headband, in a wooded park landscape

Closed29 April 2014

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Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxon 1753-1839 London)
Portrait of The Hon. Elizabeth Charlotte Eden, Lady Godolphin (1780-1847), three-quarter-length, in a white muslin dress with a yellow bow and a bejewelled headband, in a wooded park landscape
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

George Godolphin Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds (1862-1927); (†) his trust; Christie's, London, 7 July 2010, lot 168.

Specialist note

The Hon. Elizabeth Charlotte Eden (d. 1847), was the third daughter of the prominent politician and financial expert William Eden, 1st Lord Auckland (1744-1814), who had served as Chief Secretary for Ireland, Ambassador to Spain, and President of the Board of Trade. She married Francis Godolphin (1777-1850), later 1st Baron Godolphin, second son of Francis, 5th Duke of Leeds, in 1800. Her father-in-law was also a prominent politician who had served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1783-91). Their son succeeded as the 8th Duke of Leeds.