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Mrs Walter Bracebridge (née Harriet Streatfeild) (1756-1824), in gold-bordered pale blue dress with white underdress, fur-bordered ochre-coloured surcoat with blue jewelled clasp on her left shoulder, gold-embroidered white scarf in her upswept and plaited hair
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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
Mrs Walter Bracebridge (née Harriet Streatfeild) (1756-1824), in gold-bordered pale blue dress with white underdress, fur-bordered ochre-coloured surcoat with blue jewelled clasp on her left shoulder, gold-embroidered white scarf in her upswept and plaited hair
signed with initials and dated 'J.S. 1781.' (lower left)
oval, 1 13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, gold frame with bright-cut border, the reverse with central panel of plaited hair and engraved with the sitter's names and dates, fitted fishskin case
Mrs Walter Bracebridge (née Harriet Streatfeild) (1756-1824), in gold-bordered pale blue dress with white underdress, fur-bordered ochre-coloured surcoat with blue jewelled clasp on her left shoulder, gold-embroidered white scarf in her upswept and plaited hair
signed with initials and dated 'J.S. 1781.' (lower left)
oval, 1 13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, gold frame with bright-cut border, the reverse with central panel of plaited hair and engraved with the sitter's names and dates, fitted fishskin case
Provenance
With H. E. Backer, London, in 1950s.
Special notice
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Further details
(ALSO ILLUSTRATED ON CATALOGUE FRONT COVER)