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

已结束2013年11月20日

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RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1821)
A young lady called Lady Wellesley, in white dress with frilled collar and scarlet bow at bodice, decorated with loops of beads of alternating shades of red, with matching necklace; sky background
signed and dated on the backing card 'Rdus Cosway / R.A. / Primarius Pictor / Serenissimi Walliae / Principis / Pinxt: / 1788'
on ivory
oval, 2.5/8 in. (67 mm.) high, gold fausse-montre frame with plaited hair reverse centred with gold initial 'W'

With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 1995.

专家说明

A copy of the present miniature in a pierced diamond-set frame formerly in the collection of C. H. Hawkins was sold Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1972, lot 86. It is in D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, and Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, in both publications illustrated p. 470, pl. 143D and described as 'Called Lady Wellesley, after Cosway'.
A similar miniature by Cosway of a lady in white dress decorated with pearls and set with reddish-orange bow at corsage was sold Christie's, London, 8 March 1995, lot 156.