Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints and Miniatures - 24th March 2010

Lot 8

Sir William Charles Ross R.A. (1794/5-1860) Portrait of Helena and Beatrice daughters of Sir John...

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1700

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Description

Sir William Charles Ross R.A. (1794/5-1860) Portrait of Helena and Beatrice daughters of Sir John Trevelyan Bt. of Nettlecombe Court Somerset, both three quarter length in a park Inscribed on a note verso, painted in 1827 127 x 102mm Helena, the younger, married in 1837 The Rev. Byron Fawcett of Heppington, Kent. Beatrice married Ernest Augustus Perceval, 6th son of the Prime Minister The Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval, who was assassinated in 1812 in the lobby of the House of Commons.