Sir William Charles Ross

Property from an Important British Private Collection

Sir William Charles Ross

London 1794 - 1860

Portrait of Helena and Beatrice, daughters of Sir John Trevelyan, 4^th Bt of Nettlecombe Court, Somerset, 1827

Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount, wood frame;

extensively inscribed verso: Helena and Beatrice daugthers of Sir John / Trevelyan. Bart. of Nettlecombe Court, / Somerset. Helena the younger, m.^d in /1837 the Rev. Bryan Faussett of Heppington, / Kent. (she was my grandmother). / Beatrice the elder m.^d in 1830 Ernest Augustus Perceval 6^th a[nd] youngest son of the Rt. Hon^ble / Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister, / assassinated in the lobby of the House of / Commons by one John Bellingham on 11 May 1812 / Painted by Sir Wi^ll Rosse [sic]. / Dated 1827. / given to me by my cousin Emma / Perceval daughter of the above Beatrice in 1929 / no. 9 in Catalogue / Bryan L.F.[?]    

127 by 102 mm.