Edward Francis Burney

Pen and grey ink and watercolour over traces of pencil, inscribed verso: Talleyrand 15 x 13.5 cm.; 5 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches Frame size 31.5 x 26.5 cm; 12 ¼ x 10 3/8 inches Provenance Cyril and Shirley Fry collection This sketch of the great statesman would appear to have been drawn between 1830 - 1834, during Talleyrand's time as French Ambassador to the Court of St James's.