Lot 116: The Countess of Lucan (Lady Margaret Bingham) (British, 1740-1814), after Sir Joshua Reynolds, PRA (British, 1723-1792)

The artist's grandson, John Charles Spencer (1782-1845), Viscount Althorp and 3rd Earl Spencer, standing in a landscape and wearing double-breasted white suit with collar, sky blue sash tied at his hip and a black hat. Gilt-metal frame with pierced ribbon cresting. Oval, 195mm (7 11/16in) high Provenance: Purchased from Cynthia Walmsley on 26 November 2000. Exhibited: South Kensington Museum, London, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, June 1865, no. 384.