Live Auction 14224The Collector: English Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
Lot 143

HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)

Closed15 November 2017

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GBP 16,250

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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine, later Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709)
Signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel ‘Duchess of Cleveland / London Feby 1843. Painted by / Henry Pierce Bone Enamel Pain- / ter to her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince / Albert &c. From the Original by / Lely in the Collection of Earl / Spencer Althorp / Northamptonshire’
Enamel on copper
Oval, 105 mm. high, rectangular gilt-metal frame

Specialist note

The sitter was the most famous of the mistresses of King Charles II. Ambitious and flamboyant, she established a position of influence at court and advised the king, often undermining his consort Catherine of Braganza, on political and financial matters. She had six children but the King did not acknowledge all of them as his own.