Lot 54: ANTHONY STEWART (BRITISH, 1773-1846)

ANTHONY STEWART (BRITISH, 1773-1846)
Three portrait miniatures of the children of Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan: the Hon. Charlotte Caroline Elizabeth Somerset, in white dress with blue ribbons and sash, necklace, fair curling hair; the Hon. Arthur FitzRoy Somerset (1816-1845) and Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, later 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-1884), dressed identically in black double-breasted coat with white lace collar, fair hair
dated in pencil on the reverse: she, 'April 1823', the boys, 'May 1823' on ivory
2 in. (51 mm.) diam., within fitted leather case

J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Cardiff, 1962, vol. II, p. 131, nos. 66-68.

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