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18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
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A GROUP OF FOUR ENGLISH PORTRAIT MINIATURES
18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618), in black doublet with gem-set buttons, black cloak, white lace-bordered ruff, wearing the blue ribbon and badge of the Order of the Garter, black embroidered hat with plume, blue background inscribed in gold '1580' (mid-right), gold border (18th Century); Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), in black doublet, white ruff, dark hair and moustache, blue background inscribed in gold 'Ano Dm. 1582 AEtatis Suae ·28.}.', gold border, inscribed on backing card 'Sir Fr[..]s Drake by N Hilliard' (18th Century); King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), in ermine-bordered robes, lace jabot, wearing the chain and jewel of the Order of the Saint Esprit, dark full-bottomed curling wig, sky background (after Hyacinthe Rigaud, 19th Century); Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), in gilt-studded armour, white collar, landscape background (after Samuel Cooper, 19th Century)
on card
ovals, 2 13/16 to 3 3/16 in. (71 to 81 mm.) high, turned wood frames (4)
18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618), in black doublet with gem-set buttons, black cloak, white lace-bordered ruff, wearing the blue ribbon and badge of the Order of the Garter, black embroidered hat with plume, blue background inscribed in gold '1580' (mid-right), gold border (18th Century); Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), in black doublet, white ruff, dark hair and moustache, blue background inscribed in gold 'Ano Dm. 1582 AEtatis Suae ·28.}.', gold border, inscribed on backing card 'Sir Fr[..]s Drake by N Hilliard' (18th Century); King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), in ermine-bordered robes, lace jabot, wearing the chain and jewel of the Order of the Saint Esprit, dark full-bottomed curling wig, sky background (after Hyacinthe Rigaud, 19th Century); Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), in gilt-studded armour, white collar, landscape background (after Samuel Cooper, 19th Century)
on card
ovals, 2 13/16 to 3 3/16 in. (71 to 81 mm.) high, turned wood frames (4)
Provenance
Reverend Richard Symes, A.M. (1796-1886), Prebendary of Wells, Somerset.
Edward Fleet Alford Collection, 1886.
Edward Fleet Alford Collection, 1886.
Exhibited
London, South Kensington Museum, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1865, nos. 2876 (Sir Walter Raleigh) and 2878 (Sir Philip Sidney), lent by the Rev. R. Symes.
Brought to you by
Tom Johans
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