Lot 1740 , Richard Buckner (1812-1893), oil on canvas, oval portrait of Mrs Beauclerk, 86 x 67cm, in a good Victorian giltwood and composition frame bearing old labels

Richard Buckner (1812-1893), oil on canvas, oval portrait of Mrs Beauclerk, 86 x 67cm, in a good Victorian giltwood and composition frame bearing old labels Provenance: by family descent, it is believed to portrait was painted c.1867 and depicts Grace Duchess of St Albans (nee Bernal-Osborne (c.1847-1926) when she was 18 years old.
£400-600

Condition:
A light horizontal scrape just above her left ear, as shown; acceptable craquelure throughout although slight lifting of oil alongside her right cheek and at her left wrist area, not too serious. Frame with minor splits, most visible at corners of the oval shape, as shown.

Sold for £2,200