Live Auction 1126Centuries of Style
ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)
Lot 151

ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)

Closed4 June 2013

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GBP 3,500

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ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)
A young lady called Lady Heneage Finch (1741-1820), in blue dress with white fichu, with blue ribbon around sleeve, powdered hair; sky background
signed with initials and dated 'A·P 1787' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2 1/8 in. (56 mm.) high, giltwood frame with beaded surround

By direct family descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

According to family tradition, the present miniature depicts Lady Heneage Finch, daughter of 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 4th Earl of Nottingham. She married Sir George Osborn, as his second wife, in 1788.