HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH, 1599-1641)

HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855), AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH, 1599-1641) William Russell, 1st Duke and 5th Earl of Bedford (1613-1700), wearing pink doublet slashed to reveal white, wide white lace collar, gold sword belt across his chest, embroidered curtain background Signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'William, Earl, afterward 1st Duke of / Bedford. March 1848. Painted by / Henry Pierce Bone, Enamel Painter to Her / Majesty, HRH. Prince Albert / from the original by Vandyck, in the / Gallery of Earl Spencer, Althorp. / Northamptonshire.' Enamel on copper Oval, 134 mm. high, rectangular mount within modern giltwood frame