Lot 284: ANNE MEE, NÉE FOLDSONE (BRITISH, CIRCA 1770/75-1851)

ANNE MEE, NÉE FOLDSONE (BRITISH, CIRCA 1770/75-1851)
A young gentleman, in brown coat, buff waistcoat, white stock, seated on a green-upholstered chair, red curtain background
on ivory
rectangular, 5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in. (132 x 104 mm.), silver-mounted tortoiseshell easel frame

Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), inventory Miniatures at Althorp, 1937, p. 26 (as 'English School: Gentleman unknown.')

Frederica 'Freda' Myddelton-Biddulph, daughter of Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph (1809-1878) and Mary Frederica Seymour (1824-1902).
The Hon. Violet Biddulph (d. 1960), given in 1948 to Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975).

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