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Lot 33W

John Hoppner, R.A.
(London 1758-1810)
Portrait of a lady, probably Hyacinthe, Marchioness of Wellesley (1766-1816), three-quarter-length, in a white dress with an ermine-lined cloak, standing before a column

3 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £10,000 inc. premium

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John Hoppner, R.A. (London 1758-1810)

Portrait of a lady, probably Hyacinthe, Marchioness of Wellesley (1766-1816), three-quarter-length, in a white dress with an ermine-lined cloak, standing before a column
oil on canvas
127 x 101.2cm (50 x 39 13/16in).

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Provenance
Mrs Farnsworth
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 March 1980, lot 153

An actress at the Palais Royal, Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland was the mistress of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), the 1st Duke of Wellington's elder brother. After having three sons and two daughters they later married in 1794. Wellesley moved her to London, where Hyacinthe was generally miserable, as she never learned English and was scorned by high society.

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