Lot 107: Giles Hussey (Marnhull 1710-1788 Beaston)

Giles Hussey (Marnhull 1710-1788 Beaston)
Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', in profile, bust-length, facing to the right
with inscription 'Prince Charles painted at Rome G H/Hussey' (on the verso of the backboard)
red chalk, oval, watermark fleur-de-lys
8¾ x 6½ in. (22.2 x 16.5 cm.)

J. Shackleton, A Portrait of Giles Hussey, Dorset, 1999, pp. 42-48. For other versions of this drawing see J. Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1977, p. 42.

(By repute) Horace Walpole.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 75, where purchased for the present collection.

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
(Lots 67, 107-123)
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Giles Hussey (Marnhull 1710-1788 Beaston)
Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', in profile, bust-length, facing to the right
with inscription 'Prince Charles painted at Rome G H/Hussey' (on the verso of the backboard)
red chalk, oval, watermark fleur-de-lys
8¾ x 6½ in. (22.2 x 16.5 cm.)