Live Auction 20111British and European Art
SIR FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1805-1887)
Lot 40

SIR FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1805-1887)

Portrait of Lady Alice Peel, holding a King Charles spaniel on her lap

Closed15 July 2021

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GBP 16,250

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SIR FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1805-1887)
Portrait of Lady Alice Peel, holding a King Charles spaniel on her lap
oil on canvas
51 ½ x 39 ½ in. (130.8 x 100.4 cm.)

John Guile Millais (1865-1931), Compton's Brow, Horsham, and by descent to his son
Raoul Millais (1901-1999).
Their sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 1960, lot 69, as 'Portrait of a woman' (210 gns to Millais).

Specialist note


The sitter was the daughter of the 1st Marquess of Ailsa. She married General Rt. Hon Jonathan Peel, brother of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt, in 1824 and had eight children.