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A young lady in white dress with high-frilled collar, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair
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LEWIS VASLET OF BATH (BRITISH, D. 1808)
A young lady in white dress with high-frilled collar, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair
oval, 2 13/16 in. (72 mm.) high, superb gold fausse-montre frame by James Morrisset, fully marked, London 1791, with pale blue enamel border with gold decoration and white enamel surround, the reverse with green glass over guilloché ground within pale blue enamel border with gold decoration and white enamel surround
A young lady in white dress with high-frilled collar, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair
oval, 2 13/16 in. (72 mm.) high, superb gold fausse-montre frame by James Morrisset, fully marked, London 1791, with pale blue enamel border with gold decoration and white enamel surround, the reverse with green glass over guilloché ground within pale blue enamel border with gold decoration and white enamel surround
Provenance
Dr. J. Lumsden Propert (in 1897).
Literature
J. L. Propert, A History of Miniature Art, London, 1887, illustrated opp. p. 114 (as by Cosway).
G. C. Williamson, Richard Cosway, R. A. and his Wife and Pupils, London, 1897, illustrated before p. 79 (image inversed and as by Cosway).
G. C. Williamson, Richard Cosway, R. A. and his Wife and Pupils, London, 1897, illustrated before p. 79 (image inversed and as by Cosway).
Special notice
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