WHYTE'S THE HISTORY SALE TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023

125 English monarchs collection of medals. (9) Includes Elizabeth I copper, James II bronze by Dassier, THE ILLUSTRIOUS HOUSE OF HANOVER silver, copper and white metal, George III copper and white metal (2), Brunswick Accession 1814 copper. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Mainly fine to very fine, the silver Brunswick and GIV white metal are holed at 12 o’clock. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 125 126 1662. Dorcas Brabazon, wife of George Lane, Secretary of State for Ireland. Bust of Lady Lane, right, hair flat on the top of the head, twisted behind into a knot, fastened at the side by a bow of ribands and falling in ringlets on the neck, pearl ear-ring and necklace, and gown with border of lace or embroidery reverse DORCAS . BRABAZON . GEORGII . LANE . EQ : AV : DILECT : CONIVX . MDCLXII, copper, 32mm. Very rare. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine. See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xxv. 1; Vertue, George, ‘Medals, Coins, Great Seals, &c., of T. Simon, Chief Engraver of the Mint to K. Charles the 1st, &c.’ [London], 1753, xxii. fig. E. Inscription translation: Dorcas Brabazon, the belovedWife of George Lane, Knight. 1662. Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states: Very rare. A medallic portrait, cast from a model by Abraham Simon, and chased by Thomas Simon; but certainly not with that exquisite delicacy which marks the letter’s finer works. Dorcas Brabazon was daughter of Sir Anthony Brabazon and first wife of Sir George Lane, Secretary of State for Ireland, created, in 1676, Viscount Lanesborough. An example in silver is in The British Museum, number M.7494 Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£600) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 126 The Tom Ryan Collection of Medals 82