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Lot 59

Mrs W. Musgrave née Mary Ann Heaphy
(British, active 1821-1847)
The four children of Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm

5 – 12 September 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

Sold for £51.20 inc. premium

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Mrs W. Musgrave née Mary Ann Heaphy (British, active 1821-1847)

The four children of Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm
signed and indistinctly inscribed 'Mrs Musgrave/---' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil heightened with white
67.3 x 52cm (26 1/2 x 20 1/2in).

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Provenance
The youngest sitter, Frances Rolland née Malcolm (1841-1932) and thence by descent

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm was the first physician to be appointed to Fettes College, Edinburgh, where a boarding house is named after him. He married Barbara Thatcher in May 1832, with whom he had three daughters: Maria Hay (1833-1855), Eleanor Bowes (1835-1908) and Frances (1841-1932). The couple also had a son (1839-1910; name unknown) who went on to become a Surgeon Major in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers.

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