Sir William Charles Ross

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

Restricted Species

Lot Closed

April 28, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

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^thBt 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.^din/1837 the Rev. Bryan Faussett of Heppington, / Kent. (she was my grandmother). / Beatrice the elder m.^din 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^llRosse [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.

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By family descent until,
sale, Salisbury, Wooley and Wallis, 24 March 2010, lot 8