ANDREW BENJAMIN LENS (BRITISH FL. 1713-1779)
Portrait miniature of Sophia Carteret, nee Fermor, Countess of Granville, wearing a pale lilac dress
signed in gold with monogram ‘ABL’ (lower left)
on ivory (ref ELJFV194)
oval, 85 mm high
in a gilt-metal frame, elaborately engraved with the family coat-of-arms and ‘Sophia Countess of Granville, / mother to the Rt. Honble The Lady / Sophia Carteret’ (to the reverse)
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£500 - £700
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Hammer price:
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£700 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
H. Gordon Bois;Sotheby’s, London, 27 March 1947, acquired by Mikel Papier;
Mikel Papier Collection; thence by descent via his granddaughter
Liz Field
Condition report
A few very small, minor spots in places including a very small black mark on her nose which may be surface dirt.
Appears in generally good condition.
Inspection under uv light reveals a few flecks fluorescing on her dress, to the edge of her hair on the right and a little in the background.
