Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 16 17 Apr 2018
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Commemorative Medals, British Medals, Scotland, the Ferguson brothers, a pair of tribute medals, by William Bain: 1833, General Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773–1841), bust r., rev. legend, LET GRATEFUL ART RECORD THE PATRIOT'S NAME, 49mm; 1836, Robert Ferguson, FRS, FRSE, FGS (1769–1840), bust l., rev. legend, A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT ..., 49mm. (BHM.1649/1703; Eimer 1268/-); George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of Sunderland (1758-1833), politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts, Death, 1833, copper medal, by William Bain, bust r., rev. legend in 5 lines, 49mm. (BHM.1651; Eimer -), virtually mint state (3)
*ex Baldwin's vault
Both Ferguson brothers were at one time members of Parliament. In their youth the brothers were painted by Sir Henry Raeburn as 'The Archers'. Robert Ferguson infamously had an affair with Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin, wife of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl, with whom she had had a son and three daughters. The Earl sued Ferguson in both England and Scotland and won £10,000. Ferguson married her on 20 April 1808.
(120-160 GBP)
*ex Baldwin's vault
Both Ferguson brothers were at one time members of Parliament. In their youth the brothers were painted by Sir Henry Raeburn as 'The Archers'. Robert Ferguson infamously had an affair with Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin, wife of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl, with whom she had had a son and three daughters. The Earl sued Ferguson in both England and Scotland and won £10,000. Ferguson married her on 20 April 1808.
(120-160 GBP)