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Lot 532

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A portrait of a young lady

identified as Amelia Ledsam (1819-1905), the sitter depicted bust-length wearing a white dress, oil on canvas, 25cm x 20cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £100 - £200
Hammer price: £130
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Note: Label verso details “Amelia Ledsam born May 24th 1819, the daughter of Captain (later Major) John Ledsam of the Royal Fusiliers who served in the Peninsular War….Her aunt married Sir Hector Munro of Foulis Castle, Inverness. Her other sister Melita married Charles Harley Savory”.



Heavy craquelure throughout causing numerous chips of paint loss as evident in the image 

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