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Bust of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford Bust of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford

Bust of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford

Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey

Art Funded
1999
Dimensions
73 cm
Art Fund grant
£4,048 (Total: £7,122)
Vendor
Sotheby's
White marble bust with sitter gazing slightly to his left.

Provenance

Commissioned by widow of sitter; thence by descent and bequeathed to Sir John Murrey Scott; his sale Christie's 1913; to Founis Collection, Paris; c1950s Charles de Bastegul, Groussay; by descent.

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Image credit

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