Beschreibung:

British School. Portraits of Henry VIII and other Tudor Nobility, circa 1800, a group of 19 miniature portraits, gouache and watercolour on ivory, portraying various 16th and 17th century aristocrats, including 3 miniatures of Lady Jane Grey, also including Mary Queen of Scots, Lady Arabella Stuart, Henry Lord Darnley, and others, each glazed (Lady Howard lacking glazing) and with rectangular metal frame, the frames with engraved captions, many portraits with pencilled inscription to frame verso, some with folded ink manuscript note inserted, stating sitter and sometimes with additional information regarding the portrait, some dirt ingress to most, Lady Howard soiled and rubbed, with 2.5 cm split to lower left corner and shorter split to upper left corner, some frames with slight corrosion or staining, frame apertures 159 x 96 mm (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 ins) and smaller, mounted together in two matching velvet covered and scallop-edged multi-aperture wood frames (53 x 39 cm), each with stand at rear and metal hanging loop, velvet worn and soiled, several miniatures detached (Quantity: 19) Four of the detached miniatures were found to have a folded ink manuscript note inserted between the ivory and the backing card. Written in a calligraphic hand, the notes give some additional information, for example one note reads: Historical Portrait, Lady Portland ob.1630, Original by Sam Shelley in the possession of the late G. Drummond Esqr at Stanmore, painted on ivory, facsimile. Another note reads: Historical Portrait, Lady Gresham ob 1574, after Hans Holbein, painted on ivory. Whether there are further notes hidden inside the other miniatures that are still attached to the group frame is unknown. The other portraits not already mentioned comprise: Jane Shore, Countess of Devonshire, Edward 6th, Lady Herbert Cherbury, Lady Bacon, Countess of Surrey, Blanch Somerset. Ivory Act 2018 self-declaration submission reference: EGR5WXWV.