The Sisters: Lady Sarah Frederica Child Villiers, Princess Esterházy von Galántha (1822-1853) and her sister Lady Clementina Augusta Wellington Child-Villiers (1824-1858) (after Sir George Hayter)
William Oakley Burgess (1818 - 1844)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1853
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
526 x 592 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771538
Summary
Print, engraving,The Sisters: Lady Sarah Frederica Child Villiers, Princess Esterházy von Galántha (1822-1853) and her sister Lady Clementina Augusta Wellington Child-Villiers (1824-1858) (after Sir George Hayter) by William Oakley Burgess (1818-1844). Both subjects seated near a table on which is a large book. Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, on left, looks at her sister and rests her hand on her sister's shoulder, her right hand on the book. Lady Clementine Villiers looking in the book has her left hand resting also on the book. The original watercolour from which the engraving was made seems to be that in the collection of Major Mansel at Smedmore, Dorset, 1980. The sisters are named underneath the engraving. Engraved after a painting by Sir George Hayter.
Provenance
Purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum, not historically associated with Osteley. In 1871 this print was present, unframed in the Etruscan Drawing Room. Another of the print 'An Engraving of the 'sisters' framed and glazed [State Bed Chamber, p87].
Marks and inscriptions
The print is inscribed 'The Sisters painted by Sir George Hayter, Engraved by W.D.Burgess. Portraits of the Princess Nicholas Esterhazy and Lady Clementine Villiers. London. Republished Feb.15 1853, by Thomas Boys of the late firm of Moon, Boys and Graves, Printseller to the Royal Family, 467, Oxford Street, and E. Gambart and Co., 15 Rue Charlot-Depose. Originally published March 25, 1846.
Makers and roles
William Oakley Burgess (1818 - 1844), engraver (printmaker) Sir George Hayter RA (London 1792 – London 1871), artist