Paintings - 23rd September 2015
Lot 3
λ English School c. 1800 Portrait of Charlotte St. John half length
Estimate £120 - £180 | Hammer £170
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Description
λ English School c. 1800
Portrait of Charlotte St. John
half length, facing left, in a landscape
Oval in a red leather case
75 x 59mm
Charlotte was the daughter of George St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke and his fist wife Charlotte Collins. St John later left his wife and had a relationship with his younger half-sister. As a result of the scandal they moved to France.