19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL
HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM KING, 1ST EARL OF LOVELACE, IN HIS UNIFORM AS COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE SURREY YEOMANRY CAVALRY
£6,500
Auction: 28 October 2015 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Oil on canvas
75cm x 63cm (30in x 25in)
Footnote
Note:
The regiment was raised in 1831 and disbanded in 1848. This portrait is likely to date from his wedding in 1835. We are grateful to Christopher Bryant for his assistance in the identification of this lot.
Provenance: Torridon House, Home of The Earls of Lovelace. Click here for further information: http://bit.ly/1MmigxQ