Country House Collections at Slane Castle October 12
th
& 13
th
2014
63
135
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait Miniature of a Lady, in a red dress and floral headband,
possibly Henrietta Lucy Dillon (Marquise de la Tour du Pin 1770-
1853), daughter of Lt. Gen. Arthur Dillon
Gouache on ivory, oval, 5 x 4cm
Inscribed partially verso
‘The Hon. Arthur Gen. Dillon’
Arthur Dillon the 2nd was the son of the 11th Viscount Dillon of
Costello-Gallen, born in 1750. He married Lucie de Rothe, and
was General Proprietor of the Dillon Regiment in the Royal French
Army. He was Governor of Tobago and guillotined during The
Terror, on April 13th 1794. His daughter Henrietta-Lucy, b.1770,
married Frédéric Séraphin de la Tour du Pin.
€400 - 600
136
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait Miniature of Lucretia, Viscountess Gormanston, daughter
of William Jerningham, wearing a red shawl and gold beads
Watercolour on ivory, oval, 8.2 x 7cm
Inscribed verso ‘
Lucretia, Viscountess Gormanston daughter of
William Jerningham, brother of the 8th Lord Stafford - born in 1804,
married in 1836’
Born in 1804, Lucretia Jerningham married (19/07/1836) Edward
Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston, thereby uniting two ancient
Catholic aristocratic families.
€300 - 500
137
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Portrait Miniature of Archbishop Arthur Richard Dillon (1721-
1806)
Watercolour on ivory, tondo, 2.7cm diameter
Inscribed verso
‘ Arthur brother to Henry Viscount Dillon, he died
in London, Archbishop of Narbonne aged 80’
Archbishop Dillon was the youngest son of Count Dillon, Colonel
proprietor of the Dillon Regiment in the Royal Army. Born in St.
Germains in 1721, also Archbishop of Toulouse, he was designated
Primate of the Gauls and President of the States of Languedoc.
€300 - 500
138
AFTER HANS HOLBEIN, 18TH CENTURY
Portrait Miniature of Sir Henry Bedingfield
Oil on ivory, 8.4 x 6.5cm
Inscribed ‘
Sir Henry Bedingfield Govr of Ye Tower 1555’
together with another miniature frame of rectangular form
Sir Henry Bedingfield, born 1511, declared for Queen Mary and
was the custodian of Princess Elizabeth. The Bedingfields lived at
the ancient manor Oxborough Hall, Norfolk (National Trust).
€300 - 500
139
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait Miniature of Edward Cary in a black coat and white cravat
Gouache on ivory, oval, 7 x 5.5cm
Inscribed verso
‘Edward Cary of Follaton, died Jan 1821, aged 88
years’
€200 - 300
Lot 138
