JOHN EDWARD JONES (1806-1862), a pair of weathered white marble busts of John Otway O'Conner (O’Connor Cuffe), (1818-1865), the Third Earl of Desart, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Lucy (1822-1898), Countess of Desart, who held the position of Lady of the Bedchamber (1845-64) to Queen Victoria, engraved 'J E. JONES. Sc. LONDON 1861', possibly from Desart House, County Kilkenny, Ireland. (2)

62cm high x 37cm wide x 25cm deep

57cm high x 44cm wide x 26cm deep

Notes: 'A Dictionary of Irish Artists', 1913, has an entry for a commission from Elizabeth Countess of Desart. R.A., 1862., which may be the pair of busts.

For photographs of the earl and countess please see below:

https://www.rct.uk/collection/2906715/john-otway-cuffe-3rd-earl-of-desart-1818-65

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw142285/Lady-Elizabeth-Lucy-Cuffe-ne-Campbell-Countess-of-Desart