Live Auction 5377Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1821)
Lot 14

RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1821)

Closed31 May 2012

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GBP 3,125

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RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1821)
The Hon. Emily Fitzroy (1770-1800), in white high-waisted dress, wearing a coral necklace; sky background
on ivory
oval, 2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) high, polished gold frame with hinged glazed cover set with woven hair

Lord Bagot; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1967, lot 47.
Peter Kaufman Collection; Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1975, lot 26.
Harry Leo Danzig Collection (b. 1923); Christie's, London, 25 November 1987, lot 339.
with D.S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd.

Specialist note

The Hon. Emily Fitzroy was the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Charles Fitzroy, 1st Baron Southampton and his wife, Anne Warren. In 1799 she married William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot of Bagot's Bromley. She died of consumption in 1800 aged 29.