WILLIAM WOOD | Portrait of John Lambton, later 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840) and his brother William Henry Lambton (1793-1866), 1795

By family descent until;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 October 1980, lot 178

Williamson, 1921, pp. 159, 166

Colours generally good. Minor water stain at margin at 2 o'clock. Artist's pentimenti over scratched line running parallel to margin at 3 and 4 o'clock.
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This miniature is recorded in the artist's account book: 'no. 5334, The two children of Mr. Lambton, of Durham, in one picture. Pink sashes; the eldest standing and the youngest sitting on a bank, ages about 3 and 2. 8^th size. Finished March 27^th, 1795. Delivered 31^st. £16 16s...'