Live Auction 17736Property from descendants of Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary
JOHN BOGLE (SCOTTISH, 1746-1803)
Lot 118 Property from The Earls of Harewood

JOHN BOGLE (SCOTTISH, 1746-1803)

Closed13 December 2019

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GBP 1,375

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JOHN BOGLE (SCOTTISH, 1746-1803)
Margaret Scott, née Dundas, in lilac dress and pearls in her hair
Signed with monogram and dated 'IB / 1785'
On ivory
Oval, 37 mm. high, gold frame with enamelled border, the reverse set with hair and an ivory cartouche engraved 'Mrs Scott. 1785'

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.

Specialist note

The sitter was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Robert Dundas of Arniston and Henrietta Carmichael. She married Major General John Scott in 1773 as his second wife. They had three daughters: Henrietta (b. 1774), who married William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland; Lucy (b. 1775) who married Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray and Joan (b. 15 March 1776) who married George Canning, who became Prime Minister.