Lot 49 , English School circa 1820, Portrait miniature of Mary Trant Ottley, wife of Cornelius Smelt, oil on ivory, 4.7 x 3.3cm. CITES Submission reference 1RQ3VDHH

Y English School circa 1820
Portrait miniature of Mary Trant Ottley, wife of Cornelius Smelt
oil on ivory
4.7 x 3.3cm. CITES Submission reference 1RQ3VDHH
£200-300
On 6 October 1785 Cornelius Smelt (Deputy Governor of Southsea Castle, Hampshire, later Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man) married Mary Trant Ottley at Richmond, Yorkshire. The parish register gives his residence as York, Yorkshire, and hers as Richmond, Yorkshire. They had at least the following children:

Anne, who married Major Duncan McDougall of Argyllshire, Scotland at Government House, Castle Rushen, Isle of Man on 20 March 1817, died at Edinburgh, Scotland on 18 March 1823, and was buried at Edinburgh: a monumental inscription gives her age at death as 34, pointing to a birth year of about 1789
Leonard, baptised at Felixkirk with Boltby, Yorkshire on 2 January 1790
Henry, baptised at Felixkirk with Boltby, Yorkshire on 22 August 1791
Caroline, born on 3 August 1792 and baptised at Thirsk, Yorkshire on 30 September 1792
Mary, born on 14 December 1794 and baptised at Thirsk, Yorkshire on 7 January 1795
Lucy, born on 25 August 1796 and baptised at Thirsk, Yorkshire on 20 October 1796
Mary was buried at Thirkleby, Yorkshire on 9 October 1797.

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Condition:
Large shallow chip to the glass, a few dirt spots, gold locket frame with suspension loop.

Sold for £150