Live Auction 5467The Althorp Attic Sale - Including the Spencer Carriages
AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.
Lot 17

AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 812

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AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, née Spencer (1757-1806), in white dress, powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gold frame made by Hatfield and Sons in 1914, the reverse engraved 'Lady Georgiana Spencer wife of William 5t.h. Duke of Devonshire K.G. Born 1757 - Died 1806. Richard Cosway R.A. Born 1720 - Died 1821'

Specialist note

The present miniature derives from the large-scale portrait on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and her child, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire.