Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection

JOHN SMART | Portrait of Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford, née Leveson-Gower (1715-1794)

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Lot Closed

May 7, 03:34 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

JOHN SMART

Norwich 1742 - 1811 London

PORTRAIT OF GERTRUDE, DUCHESS OF BEDFORD, NÉE LEVESON-GOWER (1715-1794)

Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gold frame decorated with a spilt-pearl border;

signed and dated: J.S. / 1764

3.2 by 2.8 cm., 1⅜ by 1⅛ in.

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Lord Lieutenant Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore, 6^th Earl of Arran (d. 1958);

his executor's sale, London, Christie's, 13 December 1983, no. 167

The sitter was the eldest daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1^st Earl Gower, and his wife Lady Evelyn Pierrepont. She married, as his second wife, John Russell, 4^th Duke of Bedford.