Lot 540
  • 540

Charles Baugniet

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • Charles Baugniet
  • Chatsworth 1852
  • Lithograph
  • Image: 465 by 657mm; 18ΒΌ by 25 7/8 in
Tinted lithograph printed by M and N Hanhart, with margins, framed



 

Provenance

This lithograph was commissioned by William Spencer Cavendish 6th Duke of Devonshire who sits in the centre. To the left is Lady Louisa Cavendish, and to the right is The Earl of Burlington, later the 7th Duke of Devonshire, and behind his children. For details on the protracted process of this print see James Lees-Milne, The Bachelor Duke, 1991, p.201-202.

Condition

Paper discolouration, uneven in the margins, paper losses to image and margins, surface dirt, other minor defects
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