COUNT MARIO GRIXONI (ACTIVE C. 1905-1940)
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COUNT MARIO GRIXONI (ACTIVE C. 1905-1940)

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COUNT MARIO GRIXONI (ACTIVE C. 1905-1940)
Two portrait miniatures of Lady Maureen Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1900–1942) and her brother, Edward Charles Stewart Robert ‘Robin’ Vane-Tempest-Stewart, later 8th Marquess of Londonderry (1902–1955); together with a miniature of the Taj Mahal, India; a portrait miniature of Charles Viscount Castlereagh, later 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949); and a portrait miniature of a gentleman, possibly Lord Reginald Vane-Tempest (1879-1899)
the two children: each signed and dated, 'Mario Grixoni / 1907' (lower left)
Viscount Castlereagh: signed and dated ‘Beatrice Wainwright/19[...]
on ivory
the two children: each oval, 3¼ in. (83 mm.) high, in silver frames, with blue enamel and seed pearl decoration, hallmarked London, 1907
the Taj Mahal: 1 in. (25 mm.) wide, in metal frame
the two further portrait miniatures: ovals, 3.1/2 in. (89 mm.) high and

Possibly acquired by Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879-1959), and by descent.

Note du spécialiste

For an almost identical miniature of Edward Charles Stewart Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, later 8th Marquess of Londonderry, also by Grixoni and signed and dated 1807, see R. Walker and A. Laing, Portrait Miniatures in National Trust Houses, I: Northern Ireland, London, 2003, p. 42.