Lot 64
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GEORGE ENGLEHEART | Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Blunt, later Lady Burrell Blount (d. 1839), 1800

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Blunt, later Lady Burrell Blount (d. 1839), 1800
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gold frame, blue glass reverse;signed with the artist's initial lower right 
  • 80 by 63 mm.

Provenance

Sir Bruce Seton, 9th Bt. (1868-1932), by 1902;
sale, London, Christie's, 9 November 1994, lot 93

Exhibited

Barcelona, 1956, no. 620

Literature

Williamson & Engleheart, 1902, p. 89, illust. opp. p. 44 (as Lady Burrell Blunt)

Condition

In very good order.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note

The sitter was the daughter of Sir Charles William Blunt, 3rd Bt. and Elizabeth, née Peers. Engleheart's fee book records that a 'Miss E. Blunt' sat for him in 1800, and the following year she married her cousin, Sir Charles Burrell Blount of Ringmer, Sussex.