Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
SAMUEL ANDREWS (IRISH, 1767-1807)
Lot 59

SAMUEL ANDREWS (IRISH, 1767-1807)

Closed23 May 2014

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GBP 3,250

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SAMUEL ANDREWS (IRISH, 1767-1807)
Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773-1847), almost in profile to the left, in double-breasted coat, tied cravat
en grisaille, on ivory
oval, 3.5/8 in. (93 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

Specialist note

Henry Wellesley was the younger brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. He served in the British Army with the 1st Foot Guards after an earlier career as a diplomat. He joined his brothers Richard and Arthur in India c. 1799 as Richard's private secretary. A similar miniature of the present sitter painted by Samuel Andrews en grisaille was sold Christie's, London, 7 June 2011, lot 20.