Fine Art Sale
Lot 373
EARLY 19TH CENTURY FOLLOWER OF JOHN BARROW AND HUET VILLIERS WINDSOR CASTLE [PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH M
EARLY 19TH CENTURY FOLLOWER OF JOHN BARROW AND HUET VILLIERS WINDSOR CASTLE [PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH MARCHIONESS OF HUNTLY]; MRS Q [HARRIET QUENTIN] WITH ETON COLLEGE IN THE DISTANCE a pair, pencil and watercolour, 27 x 21cm (2)After the stipple engravings by John Barrow (fl late 18th-early 19th c) and William Blake (1757-1827) respectively, published in 1820.William Blake's engraving of Harriet Quentin, one of the mistresses of George IV when Prince Regent is thought to be that described by Jane Austen in a letter of 24 May 1813 as resembling Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice "[she] is exactly herself, size, shaped face, features & sweetness; there never was a greater likeness."
Estimate: £500 - 700