Lot 90: Walter Stephens Lethbridge (British, 1771/2-c.1831)

Richard Silver Oliver (d.1889), as a child, wearing white dress and holding the reigns of a small toy horse
inscribed on backing paper Miniature of Richard Silver Oliver/ Son of Robert Oliver/ taken about 1816/ Darrington Hall/ Yorkshire, gold frame with glazed reverse to reveal cream silk and engraved around the border Richard Silver Oliver 1816
Oval, 71mm. (2 7/8ins.) high

Richard was the son of Robert Oliver-Gascoigne (d.1834) and Sarah Shepley. His brother was called Robert Edmund. He lived at Bolton Lodge, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, and estate of 187 acres.

The inclusion of a toy horse and the dark penetrating pupils are devices typical of the work of Walter Stephens Lethbridge.