SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS R.A. (BRITISH, 1794/95-1860)
SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS R.A. (BRITISH, 1794/95-1860) Lady King, Countess of Kingston, née Helena Moore (1773-1847), in mauve dress, wearing a pearl necklace, dark upswept hair dressed in curls, together with a pair of portraits of her sons: Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough (1795-1837), in brown coat and blue and white striped shirt, and Robert Henry King, 4th Earl of Kingston (1796-1867), similarly dressed (English School, 19th century) the former signed and dated on the backing card 'Painted by W C Ross Ra [...] 184[7]' on ivory ovals, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount; and 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts, within rectangular ebonised wood frames with acorn motifs the former inscribed in pen on an additional backing card 'Helena Countess of Kingston b:1773. d.1847 Sir D. Ross pinx t ' and in pencil, in another hand, 'W' inserted before 'pinx t ', and engraved on the reverse of the frame is a transcription of the additional backing card, the interior with two H. J. Hatfield trade labels (4)
SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS R.A. (BRITISH, 1794/95-1860)
SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS R.A. (BRITISH, 1794/95-1860) Lady King, Countess of Kingston, née Helena Moore (1773-1847), in mauve dress, wearing a pearl necklace, dark upswept hair dressed in curls, together with a pair of portraits of her sons: Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough (1795-1837), in brown coat and blue and white striped shirt, and Robert Henry King, 4th Earl of Kingston (1796-1867), similarly dressed (English School, 19th century) the former signed and dated on the backing card 'Painted by W C Ross Ra [...] 184[7]' on ivory ovals, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount; and 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts, within rectangular ebonised wood frames with acorn motifs the former inscribed in pen on an additional backing card 'Helena Countess of Kingston b:1773. d.1847 Sir D. Ross pinx t ' and in pencil, in another hand, 'W' inserted before 'pinx t ', and engraved on the reverse of the frame is a transcription of the additional backing card, the interior with two H. J. Hatfield trade labels (4)
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