Royal & Noble
Royal & Noble
Property from the Estate of the Rt. Hon. The Countess of Sutherland
Lot Closed
January 14, 04:50 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of the Rt. Hon. The Countess of Sutherland
An English porcelain rectangular plaque depicting Dunrobin Castle
painted by H.L. Pratt, dated 1842
after an engraving; Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire by John Charles Varrall (1794-1855) from a study by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854), with figures before the castle in an extensive mountainous landscape, inscribed to the reverse; '402 / LW / Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire. Painted from an engraving by the Duchess Countess of Sutherland by H. L. Pratt, 1842', framed
28 cm. x 40 cm.
A version of this image was originally published by George Virtue in Scotland Illustrated, London, 1837. This romantic image of the 'fairytale' Durobin Castle, the seat of the Sutherland family, is depicted before Charles Barry’s Victorian building works. Varralls engraving is taken from a study by William Henry Bartlett, which itself was based on a sketch by the then Countess of Sutherland.