Lady Clayton, in turquoise dress with white fichu, black choker, white turban in her powdered curling hair; sky background

Details

George Engleheart (British, 1750/53-1829)
Lady Clayton, in turquoise dress with white fichu, black choker, white turban in her powdered curling hair; sky background
signed with initial 'E' (lower right), and signed and dated in full on the reverse 'G. Engleheart Pinxit Decr 1800'
oval, 2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1972, lot 74 (£420 to Asprey).

Literature

G. C. Williamson H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, appendix 1, p. 92.

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Lot Essay

Williamson Engleheart (loc. cit.) record that Lady Clayton sat to Engleheart in 1800. It is possible that the present sitter is Lady Louisa Fermor (d. 1809), daughter of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl Pomfret (1698-1753), who married William Clayton (c. 1733-1783) on 24 September 1767 and had issue, George Clayton (1768-1828). Williamson Engleheart (loc. cit.) also mention that a Mr. Clayton sat for Engleheart in 1803.

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