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SALEROOM NEWS
JANUARY 2022
Other similarities include the facial features, the elegant hands, the costume and the jewellery. This portrait therefore is likely to date to the 1560s and asks £20,000-30,000 (Lot 187). From the same collection is a 17th Century portrait of Charles I Lot 181 painted in enamels on copper, a copy of an original by van Dyck this little oval portrait has a gem-like quality and asks £2,000-3,000. The January auction also includes an interesting group of portrait miniatures from the private collection of the Earl of Liverpool, led by lot 229, a pair of portrait miniatures by Alfred Edward Chalon depicting Louisa H Jenkinson and Catherine J Jenkinson in 1833, each mounted in a gilt metal frame with removable woven hair bracelet, estimate £600-800. Lot 241
Lot 229
The 16th and 17th Centuries were a time of great change, progress and upheaval and our January sale offers a glimpse of that world. With Elizabethan portraits and a good variety of furniture from the reigns of James I, Charles I and Charles II, the sale will be a real treat for those with an interest in the period. An important private group Lot 187 of early portraits is led by a striking depiction of a young noblewoman wearing a jewelled bodice. It is difficult to attribute 16th Century portraits with any certainty, but this example is likely to be the work of ‘The Master of the Countess of Warwick. In his book ‘The English icon’, Sir Roy Strong drew together eight comparable portraits named after the portrait of Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick painted in 1569. Most of these works have as their subject matter a half-length female sitter looking to her left.
A Victorian gold locket, inscribed Kildonan, is accompanied by a note which reads 'Locket made of gold from the Duke of Sutherland's Mine at Kildonan (near Dunrobin) Sutherlandshire. Given to Louisa Blanche Howard (Mrs Cecil Foljambe) July 1869 by Charlotte Duchess of Norfolk who was daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland'. The Kildonan Gold Rush was a shortlived affair from 1869-1870 which was ended by the Duke of Sutherland owing to a clash of interests with deer stalking, Lot 241 (£600£800). From the same collection comes a 17th Century portrait of a young lady wearing a lace trimmed pink dress and pearl choker, a pet spaniel on Lot 197 her lap, flowers in a fountain to her right and classical buildings behind. Indistinctly signed and dated, this painting has already attracted a great deal of interest and we have hopes of exceeding our estimate of £4,000-6,000 (Lot 197).
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