Attributed to John Smart (British, 1741-1811)
Lot 116Property from The Earls of Harewood

Attributed to John Smart (British, 1741-1811)

Fermé13 December 2019

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Attributed to John Smart (British, 1741-1811)
Henry de Burgh, 12th Earl and 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, in gold-trimmed buff coat and waistcoat
On ivory
Oval, 37 mm. high, gilt-metal bracelet frame with diamond-set surround, the reverse engraved 'Henry 12th Earl / and / 1st Marquess of Clanricarde'

By descent from the sitter to Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832-1916), by whom bequeathed to his great-nephew, Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882- 1947), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

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The sitter was the son of John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde. He was an MP in the Irish House of Commons representing Galway County. He was a Knight of the Order of St Patrick and a member of the Privy Council of Ireland and Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway.