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Lot 2404
Mid-18th century English School, a portrait miniature on ivory of Colonel Shugborough Whitney with wig, wearing a red coat, grey waistcoat, agate reverse, with inscription around the reverse of frame "Coll Shug Whitney- a man of undaunted courage & undaunted integrity, Died for his country at the battle of Falkirk 1746", the image 4.3cm high. Illustrated Footnote: In Dodderidge's biography of Colonel James Gardiner he states that Whitney is recorded as taking part in the Battle of Falkirk Muir on 17 January 1746, having succeeded to Gardiner's command of the 13th Dragoons. His commanding officer General Henry 'Hangman' Hawley made the mistake of launching an unsupported cavalry attack upon the Highlanders; "a blunder which lost the English the battle and Whitney his life".
Lot 2405
Late 18th century Irish School, portrait miniature on ivory of George Boleyn Whitney of New Pass, Co. Westmeath, Ireland with wig, wearing a black coat, and a white stock, the image 5cm high. Footnote: George Whitney was born 1734/35, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1755 and died in 1806. His uncle was Colonel Shugborough Whitney.
Lot 2409
English school, circa 1750, portrait miniature on ivory of a lady, her head resting against her right hand, wearing a fur trimmed bodice with draped pearls, the image 3.4cm high, and another, Continental School, circa 1780, portrait miniature on ivory of a young lady wearing a pink dress with gold braiding, white fichu, and with long blond hair, the image 3.8cm high (2).
Lot 2424
In the manner of Sampson Towgood Roch (1759-1847), Irish portrait miniature on ivory of a young gentleman with sideburns, wearing a dark blue coat, white shirt and ties, the image 7.2cm high, together with an early 19th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of a young gentleman, wearing a dark blue coat, a white shirt and tie, the image 7.3cm high (cracked) (2).
Lot 2428
Early 19th century, English School, portrait miniature on ivory of a young gentleman wearing a black coat and a high collared white shirt, numbered 4 on the reverse, the image 7cm high (cracked), together with an early 19th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of a young gentleman, wearing a black coat, with collared white shirt and stock, the image 6.2cm high (2).
Lot 2433
GHP or GHL, mid-18th century English School, portrait miniature on ivory of a young girl wearing a blue dress with a pearl choker around her neck, numbered 9 on the reverse and with inscription, signed with initials GHP 1759, the image 2.8cm high, together with another mid 18th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of a lady, the sister of the above, wearing a light-coloured dress and a pearl choker around her neck, numbered 17 on the reverse, indistinctly signed, the image 2.7cm high (2).
Lot 2434
Mid 18th century, English School, portrait miniature on ivory of the Reverend Henry Leslie DD (1719-1803), red curtain in the background, numbered 11 on the reverse, the image 6.8cm high. Illustrated Footnote: Reverend Henry Leslie of Ballibay, co. Monaghan was the son of Reverend Peter Leslie and Jane Dopping. He married Catherine Meredyth (daughter of Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert), in 1753. They lived at Ballibay, County Monaghan, and had three children; Peter Henry Leslie (b 1755)- died in the American wars Catherine Letitia Leslie (d 1814) Charles Albert Leslie.
Lot 2435
Late 18th century, English School, circa 1800 in the manner of Richard Cosway, portrait miniature on ivory of Ellen Leslie née Magenis (1782-1841), with brown hair, wearing a white dress, sky background, (faded) numbered 18 on the reverse and with inscription, the image 7.2cm high. Illustrated Footnote: Ellen Magenis married Charles Albert Leslie, son of Henry Leslie (lot 2434), in July 1799. They had six children including; Henry Charles Leslie D. Dec 1832 (Lot 2442) Charles Richard Leslie Elizabeth Catherine Leslie Catherine Leslie Catherine Letitia Leslie (Lot 2438) Emily Eleanor Wilhelmina Leslie.
Lot 2438
Late 18th century, English School, portrait miniature on ivory of Mrs Catherine Letitia Foster nee Leslie, with auburn hair dressed up, wearing a blue dress and a white frilled overdress, numbered 13 on the reverse, the image 9.3cm high. Illustrated Footnote: Catherine Letitia Leslie married Rt. Rev. William Foster Bishop of Clogher (1744- 1797) and had six children; John Leslie Foster Henrietta, Countess de Salis Reverend William Henry Foster Catherine Delap Anna Elizabeth Stawell Elizabeth Foster Letitia Foster.
Lot 2439
Late 18th century English School in the manner of Edward Singleton, portrait miniature on ivory of Catherine Letitia Leslie signed "S 76" and a companion miniature of *** Leslie, daughter of Henry Leslie, numbered 19 on the reverse and with inscription, indistinctly signed with initials, the largest image 3.1cm high (2).
Lot 2442
Samuel John Stump (1783-1863) British portrait miniature on ivory of Henry Charles Leslie, wearing a dark coat and a black cravat, numbered 13 or B on the reverse, indistinct intaglio signature "Stump pt.", the image 8.5cm, together with an 18th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of Robert Leslie, Bishop of Dromore, Raphoe and Clogher, wearing black robes, the image 4.3cm high, and a late 18th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of a cleric, possible Reverend Leslie, the image 3.8cm high (a/f) (3).
Lot 2443
Edwin Dalton Smith (1800-1866), British portrait miniature on ivory of Frances Laetitia Phillipa Kelso nee Purvis, with a blue bandeau in her hair, wearing a blue dress with a lace shawl, holding a lily in her hand emblematic of purity, with scratched signature to the left hand side, dated 1835, the image 8.8cm high. Frances had two sons (Lot 2444)
Lot 2444
Attributed to Kenneth Macleay (1802-1878) British, a pair of portrait miniatures on ivory of Edward Barrington Purvis Kelso (1842-1923), wearing a black dress and blue green tartan, and his brother Robert Kelso (1844-1871), wearing a black dress with a red tartan sash, each image 4.4cm high (2). Illustrated
Lot 2445
Pierre Edouard Dagoty (b. 1755) French portrait miniature on ivory of Arthur French (c. 1802- 1843), with brown hair, wearing a blue coat, a buff coloured waistcoat and a black stock, signed and dated 1821, numbered 10 on the reverse with inscription, the image 6.7cm high. Illustrated Footnote: Arthur French of Clonsilla, son of Robert Henry French and Charlotte Reynell married Emily Eleanor Wilhelmina Leslie - the daughter of Charles Albert Leslie and Ellen Magennis (lot 2435). She died on 26 August 1884. Their elder son Robert Charles Leslie (Lot 2446), of Ballibay, D.L., inherited Ballibay and assumed by Royal Licence, 1885, the name and arms of Leslie. He married Charlotte Philippa Mary Kelso (Lot 2447), daughter of Capt. Edward Kelso. of Kelsoland and Horkesley One son Theodore Barrington Norman Leslie (Lot 2448) an officer from a Rifle Brigade who died in South African War 1899.
Lot 2453
Continental School, circa 1730, portrait miniature of Elizabeth Corry, wearing a white dress decorated with a floral corsage and a blue shawl, a pearl cluster in her hair, oils on metal, the image 5cm high (Second wife of James Leslie of Leslie and Hill); together with a late 18th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of Penelope Leslie, wearing a white dress (fragment), numbered 5 on the reverse, the image 2.2cm high (Sister of Reverend Peter Leslie, married Edmund Francis Stafford in 1714, maternal great grandmother of the 1st Duke Of Wellington) (2).
Lot 2454
Early 19th century, English School, portrait miniature on ivory of a gentleman wearing a blue coat, yellow waistcoat and white stock, the image 7cm high, together with an early 19th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of a gentleman, wearing a blue coat and a white stock (a/f around the eye), numbered 10 on the reverse, the image 6.1cm high (2).
Lot 2455
Early 19th century, English School, portrait miniature on ivory of a Captain Kelso of Dunkeith, wearing a blue coat, yellow waistcoat and a white frilled shirt, the image 5.9cm high, together with a mid-18th century English School portrait miniature on ivory of a young gentleman with white wig, wearing a pale blue coat and a white stock, in a paste frame, the image 3cm high (2).
Lot 2462
Early 19th century, Scottish School, attributed to John Jules Nimmo (b. 1830), portrait miniature on ivory of an officer with sideburns, wearing a red uniform and a tartan sash, clasp setting, number 24 on the reverse, the image 4.6cm high, in original curved gold frame with belt apertures to the sides and glazed plaited hair to the reverse. Illustrated
Lot 2463
Late 18th century, English School, a group of three portrait miniatures on ivory of three sisters - Sarah Annie Bland (d 1823), Georgina Elizabeth Bland and Catherine Jane Bland, the largest image 7.2cm high (3). Illustrated Footnote: Sarah, Georgina and Catherine were the daughters of Ensign John Bland and Elizabeth Birch (the daughter of Robert Birch M.P.) and lived at Blandsfort, Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland. Their grandparents and aunt are depicted in Lot 2401.
Lot 2467
Early 19th century English School, portrait miniature on ivory of a young man, wearing a blue coat with gold buttons, a white waistcoat and tied stock, in a black rectangular frame, the image 6.2cm high, together with another early 19th century small portrait miniature of a man, 3.7cm high (2).
Lot 2469
Early 19th century English School, a pair of portrait miniatures on ivory of a pair of sisters, both wearing white lace bonnets and in green and black dresses, in black rectangular frames, each image 7.7cm high, together with a 19th century faded pen and wash portrait miniature of a woman (3).
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