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A young Lady, facing left in maroon dress, gauze scarf draped over her shoulders, pearl choker tied with black ribbon, lace cap and maroon ribbon in her upswept plaited hair
Details
LUKE SULLIVAN (1705-1771)
A young Lady, facing left in maroon dress, gauze scarf draped over her shoulders, pearl choker tied with black ribbon, lace cap and maroon ribbon in her upswept plaited hair
signed with monogram and dated 'LS 1750' (lower right)
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with paste surround
A young Lady, facing left in maroon dress, gauze scarf draped over her shoulders, pearl choker tied with black ribbon, lace cap and maroon ribbon in her upswept plaited hair
signed with monogram and dated 'LS 1750' (lower right)
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with paste surround
Provenance
de la Hey; Sotheby's, London, 4 November 1968, lot 227.
Literature
B. Long, British Miniaturists, London, 1929, p. 426.
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 537 (praised as 'attractive'), illustrated II, pl. 358, no. 886.
D. Foskett, 'Irish Miniaturists - A First Dictionary', The Antique Collector, 6, vol. 45, August 1974, illustrated p. 42.
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 537 (praised as 'attractive'), illustrated II, pl. 358, no. 886.
D. Foskett, 'Irish Miniaturists - A First Dictionary', The Antique Collector, 6, vol. 45, August 1974, illustrated p. 42.