14th Mar, 2024 10:30
Spring Specialist Sale
Circle of Thomas Murray, (Scotland 1663 - London 1756) - Oil on canvas
Circle of Thomas Murray, (Scotland 1663 - London 1756) - Oil on canvas - Portrait of a young child with spaniel, circa 1730, the full-length figure wearing stylish blue jacket, mantle and tied sandals, feeding a grape from a bowl of fruit to a perching bird (a grey parrot or similar), in a garden setting, 110cm x 101.5cm, relined in gilt frame with repository labels referencing Lady Campbell
Local private collection, formerly the property of Sir Harold and Lady Campbell.
Captain Sir Harold George Campbell GCVO DSO (6th April 1888 – 9th June 1969) was a British Royal Navy sailor, civil servant and courtier who served as Equerry to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
Campbell served as Private Secretary to then Duke of York from 1933-1936 and Deputy Comptroller in 1936. Upon the Duke of York becoming King, Campbell was appointed to Royal Household as an equerry and Groom of the Robes to HM Queen Elizabeth.
He was made a CVO (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) in 1935, promoted to KCVO (Knight Commander) on the 2nd June 1943 and later GCVO (Knight/ Grand Cross) on the 16th November 1953.
Another item from the same Estate (with the above biography) sold in these rooms, 1st June 2023 lot 341.
For a comparable portraits by, attributed to or after Murray and depicting children with spaniels, see:
Christies, British Pictures 1500-1850, 25th November 2003, lot 14.
Sothebys. Royal & Noble, 21st January 2020, lot 58.
Portrait of Miss Darnel, later Mrs Muilman of Dagenham, Essex (now at Kelmarsh Hall, Northants)
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/miss-darnel-49148
Sold for £2,600
Circle of Thomas Murray, (Scotland 1663 - London 1756) - Oil on canvas - Portrait of a young child with spaniel, circa 1730, the full-length figure wearing stylish blue jacket, mantle and tied sandals, feeding a grape from a bowl of fruit to a perching bird (a grey parrot or similar), in a garden setting, 110cm x 101.5cm, relined in gilt frame with repository labels referencing Lady Campbell
Local private collection, formerly the property of Sir Harold and Lady Campbell.
Captain Sir Harold George Campbell GCVO DSO (6th April 1888 – 9th June 1969) was a British Royal Navy sailor, civil servant and courtier who served as Equerry to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
Campbell served as Private Secretary to then Duke of York from 1933-1936 and Deputy Comptroller in 1936. Upon the Duke of York becoming King, Campbell was appointed to Royal Household as an equerry and Groom of the Robes to HM Queen Elizabeth.
He was made a CVO (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) in 1935, promoted to KCVO (Knight Commander) on the 2nd June 1943 and later GCVO (Knight/ Grand Cross) on the 16th November 1953.
Another item from the same Estate (with the above biography) sold in these rooms, 1st June 2023 lot 341.
For a comparable portraits by, attributed to or after Murray and depicting children with spaniels, see:
Christies, British Pictures 1500-1850, 25th November 2003, lot 14.
Sothebys. Royal & Noble, 21st January 2020, lot 58.
Portrait of Miss Darnel, later Mrs Muilman of Dagenham, Essex (now at Kelmarsh Hall, Northants)
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/miss-darnel-49148
Auction: Spring Specialist Sale, 14th Mar, 2024
Our Spring Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors
In what promises to be an exciting and eclectic sale, lots to be offered include an original watercolour by His Majesty King Charles III, a Victorian platinum and diamond tiara, and less regally but no less impressive, a rare early draft film script for “Raiders of the Lost Ark”.
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Wednesday 13th March - 10am till 5pm
