27th Mar, 2025 15:00
PICTURES
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ATTRIBUTED TO DOROTHY BOYLE, NEE SAVILE. COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON AND CORK (1699-1758)
PORTRAIT OF A CAT
Inscribed verso and dated 1740
"This cat was drawn by the Countess of Burlington and given by her to the Hon Rob Fairfax 1740"
Coloured chalks/pastels
Robert was to become the 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Major, 1st Life Guards, MP of Leeds Castle in Kent. From 1750 to 1757 he lived at 1 Savile Row on the Burlington Estate. Our thanks to Neil Jeffares for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
The Chatsworth Estate have many portraits in their collection By Dorothy Boyle, Countes of Burlington and Cork.
29.5cm x 22cm
Sold for £700
Inscribed verso and dated 1740
"This cat was drawn by the Countess of Burlington and given by her to the Hon Rob Fairfax 1740"
Coloured chalks/pastels
Robert was to become the 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Major, 1st Life Guards, MP of Leeds Castle in Kent. From 1750 to 1757 he lived at 1 Savile Row on the Burlington Estate. Our thanks to Neil Jeffares for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
The Chatsworth Estate have many portraits in their collection By Dorothy Boyle, Countes of Burlington and Cork.
