Attributed to John Smart (British, 1741-1811)

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Property from The Earls of Harewood

Details

Attributed to John Smart (British, 1741-1811)
Henry de Burgh, 12th Earl and 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, in gold-trimmed buff coat and waistcoat
On ivory
Oval, 37 mm. high, gilt-metal bracelet frame with diamond-set surround, the reverse engraved 'Henry 12th Earl / and / 1st Marquess of Clanricarde'

Provenance

By descent from the sitter to Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832-1916), by whom bequeathed to his great-nephew, Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882- 1947), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Literature

Recorded in 1916 inventory The Most Honourable The Marquis of Clanrikarde, K.P. Deceased - Inventory of the Collection of Pictures, China, Furniture, Decorative Objects, Silver, Etc, 1916, p. 80.
Recorded in the inventory of Chesterfield House, 1920, p. 135.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

The sitter was the son of John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde. He was an MP in the Irish House of Commons representing Galway County. He was a Knight of the Order of St Patrick and a member of the Privy Council of Ireland and Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway.

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