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Charles Robertson (Irish, 1760-1821), A miniature portrait of Sarah Anne, Countess of Westmorland

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Charles Robertson (Irish, 1760-1821) A miniature portrait of Sarah Anne, Countess of Westmorland Wearing white dress and matching bandeau in her long powdered hair, curled and falling over her left shoulder Set with a Earl's coronet With a D.J.Lavender presentation box From the Fane Collection Provenance:  The Albion Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Bonhams, London, 22 April 2004, Lot 76 Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire; Sotheby's, 5 October 1999, lot 471 Exhibited: S.N.P.G., 2000-2003 Footnotes: Sarah Anne Child eloped with and married, 20th May 1782, John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (1759-1841). On the 28th July 1782, Lady Derby wrote to Sarah's mother 'Ld Westmorland is, I am told, a very deserving y'g man, and Miss Child handsome, y'g and rich'. The present lot must have been painted by Robertson during Westmorland's time as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1790-95. As Sarah died in 1793, the present lot can therefore be dated to 1790-3. Together they had three daughters and one son, John, who succeeded his father as 11th Earl. The Stansted Park sale also contained another portrait of the Countess, similarly framed, by Richard Cosway.Dimensions: (Frame) 5 in. (H) x 5.5 in. (W) (Image) 2.75 in. (H) x 2.25 in. (W)Submission reference: GDGEFPSU
Charles Robertson (Irish, 1760-1821) A miniature portrait of Sarah Anne, Countess of Westmorland Wearing white dress and matching bandeau in her long powdered hair, curled and falling over her left shoulder Set with a Earl's coronet With a D.J.Lavender presentation box From the Fane Collection Provenance:  The Albion Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Bonhams, London, 22 April 2004, Lot 76 Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire; Sotheby's, 5 October 1999, lot 471 Exhibited: S.N.P.G., 2000-2003 Footnotes: Sarah Anne Child eloped with and married, 20th May 1782, John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (1759-1841). On the 28th July 1782, Lady Derby wrote to Sarah's mother 'Ld Westmorland is, I am told, a very deserving y'g man, and Miss Child handsome, y'g and rich'. The present lot must have been painted by Robertson during Westmorland's time as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1790-95. As Sarah died in 1793, the present lot can therefore be dated to 1790-3. Together they had three daughters and one son, John, who succeeded his father as 11th Earl. The Stansted Park sale also contained another portrait of the Countess, similarly framed, by Richard Cosway.Dimensions: (Frame) 5 in. (H) x 5.5 in. (W) (Image) 2.75 in. (H) x 2.25 in. (W)Submission reference: GDGEFPSU

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