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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Sir Walter Raleigh, wearing black cut silk doublet with a high lace collar and cuffs, a gold braid belt and sword, his right hand resting on a globe image 1
Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Sir Walter Raleigh, wearing black cut silk doublet with a high lace collar and cuffs, a gold braid belt and sword, his right hand resting on a globe image 2
Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Sir Walter Raleigh, wearing black cut silk doublet with a high lace collar and cuffs, a gold braid belt and sword, his right hand resting on a globe image 3
Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Sir Walter Raleigh, wearing black cut silk doublet with a high lace collar and cuffs, a gold braid belt and sword, his right hand resting on a globe image 4
The Twinight Collection
Lot 25*

Henry Bone R.A.
(1755-1834)
Sir Walter Raleigh, wearing black cut silk doublet with a high lace collar and cuffs, a gold braid belt and sword, his right hand resting on a globe

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834)

Sir Walter Raleigh, wearing black cut silk doublet with a high lace collar and cuffs, a gold braid belt and sword, his right hand resting on a globe.
Enamel on copper, signed and dated on the obverse, HBone 1808, signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel, Sir Walter Raleigh/ London Novr 1808/ Painted by Henry Bone ARA/ Enamel painter to HRH the/ Prince of Wales after the/ Original by C Jansen [...]/ [...] Possession of [Rev] J. Sanford, gilt-wood frame.
Rectangular, 175mm (6 7/8in) high

Provenance:
The Collection of Lady Lanesborough, previously at Swithland Hall, Leicestershire
Lyon & Turnbull, 14 January 2015, lot 23;
The Twinight Collection

Footnotes

Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most famous explorers of Elizabeth I's reign. His courage and good looks made him a favourite of the Queen's, and she rewarded him handsomely. Raleigh was also a scholar and a poet, but he is usually remembered for introducing the essential potato, and tobacco. However, his reckless nature eventually made him unpopular at court. He managed to displease both the Queen and her successor James I, and so found himself a prisoner of the Tower of London – no less than three times. As a gentleman, he was deprived of his liberty, but not his comforts: his family could visit, he grew exotic plants and started his book 'The Historie of the World'. However, on his release, Raleigh angered the King once again. He was charged with treason and executed outside the Palace of Westminster in 1618.

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