Lot 173: Portrait of a Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773-1856), small full-length, in a grey frock coat and tan trousers with a gold fob, holding a beaver hat in his left hand, an extensive landscape beyond

Attributed to Pauline Gauffier (?-1801 Florence) Portrait of a Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773-1856), small full-length, in a grey frock coat and tan trousers with a gold fob, holding a beaver hat in his left hand, an extensive landscape beyond oil on canvas, unlined 21 ¼ x 17 1/8 in (53.9 x 43.3 cm.)

53.9 x 43.3 cm.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 April 1973, lot 120, as 'Pauline Gauffier' (£367.50 to the present owner).

Charles, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, embarked on the Grand Tour in 1790, aged sixteen. There, he fell in love with and married Henrietta Hill, the daughter of Noel Hill, Lord Berwick (1745-1789). While on honeymoon in Florence in 1793, husband and wife sat for Louis Gauffier and the resulting portrait of the Marquess is the prototype for the present work. The original was sold at Sotheby's in 1966, alongside the pendant portrait of the Marchioness, and is currently in a private collection.