Live Auction 5436Kinross House, Scotland And Property Removed From The London Residence of Mrs. Winston Spencer Churchill
DIANA HILL, NÉE DIETZ (BRITISH, C. 1765 - D. 1844)
Lot 59

DIANA HILL, NÉE DIETZ (BRITISH, C. 1765 - D. 1844)

Closed30 March 2011

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GBP 15,000

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DIANA HILL, NÉE DIETZ (BRITISH, C. 1765 - D. 1844)
Mrs Robert Graham, in lace-bordered décolleté striped dress, open-collared white surcoat, long flowing curling hair
signed and dated 'Hill 1786' (lower left)
on ivory
oval, 3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, glazed reverse with silk panel

Specialist note

The present sitter was married to Robert Graham, elder brother of Thomas Graham (see lots 63 and 87). The couple lived in India and Robert was a partner in the Calcutta bank with his brother Thomas and a partner in the private firm of Thomas Graham, John Mowbray, Robert Graham and William Skirrow. According to a label on the reverse of the miniature, Mrs Robert Graham died in India. For a full-length portrait of her by the same artist, see lot 60.