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Madame Jane Long.
P Lely pinxit.
R. Tompson excudit. [n.d. c.1690.]
Mezzotint, watermarked paper (loss) sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Top edge chipped.
Madam Jane Long (fl. 1661-73), holding a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, little is known of her, but she was an actress of no great celebrity; she performed in public in 1662. CS26. Blackett-Ord T45 I of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. In the NPG.
[Ref: 65099] £320.00
Her Grace The Dutchess of Somerset.
P Lelij Eques pinxit.
Sold by Alex Browne at ye blew ballcony in little Queen Street. [nd. c.1680] But later.
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"), with large margins. Taped into mount at top. Uncut.
Elizabeth Seymour, duchess of Somerset (1667-1722), courtier and politician, as a child. Lely's painting is at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, with other versions at Castle Howard and Syon House. Elizabeth became duchess when she married for the second time, to Charles Seymour, after her first husband Thomas Thynne was murdered at the behest of Charles, Count Königsmark (she denied any knowledge of the plot but the scandal remained associated with her). She became a close associate of Queen Anne. CS37. Turner B46 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64984] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Sidney son to Robert Earle of Leicester.
P. Lely Eques pinxit.
Sold by Alex: Browne at ye blew belcony in little Queen Street [n.d., c.1684].
Fine mezzotint, 360 x 280mm. (14¼ x 11"). Small margins. Paper slightly toned.
Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney (1641-1704), politician; youngest son of Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester. Here depicted wearing a hunting shirt and buskins, and holding a staff or spear, a dog alongside him. Envoy to The Hague in 1679 - 1681, Sidney gained the confidence of William of Orange and was instrumental in preparing his arrival in England in 1688. After the accession of William III to the English throne Sidney was rewarded with offices and honours, including the posts of secretary of state (1690-1) and lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1692). He was created Earl of Romney in 1692 and died unmarried in 1704. After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680). CS 35. Turner B43 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64980] £450.00
The honorable William Verney Esqr.
P. Lely pinxit.
R.Tompson excudit. [n.d. c.1690.]
Fine mezzotint, watermarked paper, 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"), large margins
A full-length portrait of William Verney (1668-83), son of Sir Grevill Verney ,as a boy sitting, wearing a long wig and Roman attire, gently stroking the head of a dog. Behind him are a spear and a tree, with a landscape featuring water, a mountain, and distant buildings to the right. CS48. Blackett-Ord T68 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65083] £380.00
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