Lot 185Y
24 May 2006, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £312 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistGertrude Massey (British, 1868-1957)
Lady Sophia Paston Cooper, wearing white dress with bow at her corsage, pearl choker with heart-shaped pendant and pearl tiara.
Turned black wood frame with gilded inner border.
Oval, 67mm (2 5/8in) high
Turned black wood frame with gilded inner border.
Oval, 67mm (2 5/8in) high
Footnotes
Massey was commissioned by Mr Ivor Ferguson to paint his mother Lady Paston Cooper. A life-size pastel of the latter is illustrated in "Kings, Commoners and Me" facing p.80. Lady Paston Cooper's husband was Sir Astley Paston Cooper, a Crimean veteran. She had married him as her second husband following the death of her first husband Mr J.S. Fergusson, an Officer of the Life Guards. She was popular in Military society and worked for various soldiers' charities.