Lot 125: TWO 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURES A young lady by Samuel Shelley (B

TWO 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURES
A young lady by Samuel Shelley (British, 1750/56-1808), and a gentleman, possibly John Manners,
Marquess of Granby (1721-1770) by Philip Jean (British, 1735-1802), signed with initials and dated ‘JP / 1787’ (lower right)
Both on ivory
Ovals, 57 mm. and 43 mm. high, respectively, framed
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PROVENANCE:
The latter: Allen H. Johness Jnr. Collection; Sotheby’s, London, 27 November 1972, lot 148 (as ‘called the
Marquis of Granby’).
Captain E.B. Woollett; Sotheby’s, London, 16 December 1974, lot 124 (as ‘the Marquis of Granby’).