Lot Essay
Jacques Necker and his wife Suzanne (née Curchod) had one daughter later known as Madame de Staël
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Details
Four decorative miniatures including the French finance minister, Jacques Necker (1732-1804) and his wife, Suzanne Curchod (after Duplessis)
he in purple coat; she, in white dress and powdered high-piled hair
on ivorine, both with added signatures, in common gilt pendant frame, lizard-skin reverse inset with monograms
(common frame)
ovals, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high; and George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert (after Cosway)
on ivorine, with added signatures, in faux tortoiseshell frames
ovals, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high
See Plate 1 for part lot Illustration (3)
he in purple coat; she, in white dress and powdered high-piled hair
on ivorine, both with added signatures, in common gilt pendant frame, lizard-skin reverse inset with monograms
(common frame)
ovals, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high; and George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert (after Cosway)
on ivorine, with added signatures, in faux tortoiseshell frames
ovals, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high
See Plate 1 for part lot Illustration (3)
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