After George Sanders (1774-1846), Sir William Forbes, 7th. Bt. of Pitsligo

mezzotint by William James Ward, pub. 1837 and Sir William Forbes, 6th Bt. of Pitsligo, after Archibald Skirving, engraved by Thomas Woolnoth, unframed, together with a group of decorative portraits and studies of family members and others comprising; four prints after Frederick Christian Lewis (1779–1856); one of a little girl, another of John William Robert Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian (1794–1841) and two further of the same sitter, a portrait of Charles Rodolph Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton (1791-1866) together with a photographic portrait of an unknown male sitter, late 19th century, a group of five photographic prints of children mounted and framed together, late 19th century, a portrait of the Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle (1835–1907) and another larger of the same sitter but by a different hand, both lithographs, a group of unframed works, comprising; a late 19^th century watercolour drawing of a man in a niche, after an earlier painting, a print of a lady, oval and heightened with red pencil and a Gentleman mounted on horseback, British School, possibly 18th century, an engraving after Cosway and three Edwardian charcoal studies of women (17)

A large and decorative group. Most of these have been in store for sometime and exhibit the kind of wear one would expect from this, foxing, stains, residual mould in some instances, chips to when they are framed. Tears to paper of unframed work. The unframed works are in untouched conditioned, there are creases and tears. This is a decorative lot and gallery inspection is recommended. Do contact the department on 0207 293 6441 if additional images are required.
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