A young lady of the Elphinstone family, in white dress, lace bordered white cap tied under her chin and adorned with large blue ribbon in her long powdered curling hair

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ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)
A young lady of the Elphinstone family, in white dress, lace bordered white cap tied under her chin and adorned with large blue ribbon in her long powdered curling hair
oval, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse

Provenance

By direct family descent.

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Lot Essay

A handwritten label on the reverse of the miniature traces the family lineage to Lady Anne Campbell, daughter of 2nd Duke of Argyll who married James, 2nd Earl of Bute in 1711. Their daughter, Lady Anne Stewart married 3rd Lord Ruthven in 1736. Their daughter, the Hon. Anne Ruthven (d. 1801) married John, 11th Lord Elphinstone in 1762. For a miniature of their second son, Admiral The Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, see lot 153.

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