Portrait of Etne Brookhouse
Painted by Lady Mary Fox, wife of Sir Charles Fox
Watercolour over pencil, paper laid on board. Contained in its original gilded frame with the following details written on a label verso: Cousin of Mrs (Greenbough?) Etne Brookhouse as a child painted by Lady Mary Fox about 1820 wife of Sir Charle Fox.
Image: 8 4/8 x 6 6/8 in. (21.3 x 16.8 cm.)
Frame: 12 3/4 x 11 in. (32.5 x 27.8 cm.)
Lady Mary Fox (née FitzClarence; 1798-1864) was an illegitimate daughter of King William IV by his mistress Dorothea Jordan. In later life she became a writer.
Mary was born in Bushy House as the fourth child of Prince William, Duke of Clarence and Dorothea Jordan. She was ''a fine looking, brown girl with a pleasant countenance and manners''. She married Charles Richard Fox (1796-1873), the eldest but illegitimate son of Lord and Lady Holland on 19 June 1824 in St George''s, Hanover Square, London. Her mother-in-law wrote on 31 August that her son, ''though fond of her, he only considers her as an auxiliary to his medals and other possessions, not as a principal'', but concluded that ''it will all do well; as she is very winning, and very firm, and sincerely fond of him.'' The pair established their household in Little Holland House by 1827. They moved to Canada in September 1829 when Charles resumed active army service.
Mary Fox was given the second part of the Anthony Roll by her father, which had been in the possession of the royal family since the reign of King Henry VIII. On the death of her uncle, King George IV, her father succeeded to the throne. William was anxious to see his daughter return home and had her husband transferred. King William IV died in January 1837 when Lady Mary''s cousin, Princess Victoria, ascended the throne. Later that year, Lady Mary published a utopian feminist Gothic fiction narrative titled An Account of an Expedition to the Interior of New Holland. Lady Mary''s treatise is the most representative exam
...ple of the portrayal of New Holland (Australia) as a mysterious and ''unreal'' place. In January 1857, Sir Frederic Madden, custodian of the manuscripts at the British Museum, learned that Lady Mary wished to sell the roll she was given by her father in order to raise funds for building a church. For a large part of her later life, Lady Mary served as a housekeeper at Windsor Castle. She died childless on 13 July 1864.
All our prices include FREE packing and delivery within the UK.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
For UK BUYERS, PayPal /Card transactions can be processed through our company website @ RADNORSHIRE FINE ARTS. We also accept payment by cheque and bank transfer. Deferred payments can be accepted over an agreed period of time whilst paintings remain with us.
For buyers OUTSIDE THE UK please contact us with your shipping address so we can provide options and prices. When a price has been agreed an invoice will be sent.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please contact Clayton
T: 01597 272 439
M: 07790 208 712Antique Number: SA1120259
Dateline of this antique is Victorian
Height is 32.5cm (12.8inches)Width is 27.8cm (10.9inches)Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
Thank you.
Your comment has been sent to Sellingantiques.