Lot 344Y
Ozias Humphry, RA(British, 1742-1810)A Lady, possibly Mary Sackville, Countess of Thanet (1746-1778), wearing white dress and ermine-trimmed plum cloak draped over her left shoulder, her dark hair loosely braided and partially upswept
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Ozias Humphry, RA (British, 1742-1810)
A Lady, possibly Mary Sackville, Countess of Thanet (1746-1778), wearing white dress and ermine-trimmed plum cloak draped over her left shoulder, her dark hair loosely braided and partially upswept.
Gold frame with bright-cut paste border to the obverse, the reverse with oval blue glass plaque.
Oval, 42mm (1 5/8in) high
Gold frame with bright-cut paste border to the obverse, the reverse with oval blue glass plaque.
Oval, 42mm (1 5/8in) high
Footnotes
Provenance:
With Mr E. Joseph;
Christie's, London, 13 June 1890;
With Ernest Renton by 21 June 1890 (purchased for £13/10/-);
Bonhams, London, 20th November 1997, lot 60.
The present image is possibly one of three potraits recorded in Humphry's fee book, which is held by the British Museum. A signed version exists in the Collection of Lord Hothfield and an unfinished replica forms part of the Turner Collection.
Mary was the daughter of Lord Philip Sackville (d. 1765) by Frances Leveson-Gower (b.1720). She married Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet (1733-1786) on 30 July 1767, with whom she had four children.