GEORGE PERFECT HARDING (BRITISH, 1779-1853), AFTER THOMAS GIBSON
Portrait of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1653-1727)
signed 'G P Harding fecit' (lower left)
watercolour and bodycolour
20 x 16cm
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£200 - £400
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Hammer price:
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£190 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Footnote
Russell was among 'The Immortal Seven', a group of aristocrats who invited William of Orange to take the English throne from James II. He commanded the Anglo-Dutch fleet against the French at the Battle of Barfleur in 1692 and was Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet from 1694. For the first time that year, the fleet overwintered in the Mediterranean, a policy which would ultimately lead to the establishment in 1704, of the permanent English naval base at Gibraltar.
