Details
DAVID LOGGAN (BRITISH, 1635-1692)
Mrs A. Harrison, in embroidered shawl, wearing black head scarf edged with lace, tied under her chin
signed with initials and dated 'DL / 1681' (lower right)
plumbago on parchment
oval, 5 in. (127 mm.) high, gilt-wood frame
Provenance
J. Thursby-Pelham Collection, London (1869-1947).
Mrs Fitzroy Chapman; Christie's, London, 17 November 1954, lot 52.
With L. R. Schidlof, in 1956 and 1957.
With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 1993.
Literature
M. Whinney and O. Millar, 'English Art 1714-1800', The Oxford History of English Art, vol. IX, illustrated pl. 58d.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 1000, no. 759, IV, pl. 374, no. 759.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art, circa 1000-1860, 1934, no. 1320 (lent by Mr. J. Thursby-Pelham, London).
London, Royal Academy, British Portraits, Winter 1956/1957, no. 414 (lent by Leo R. Schidlof).

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Lot Essay

David Loggan seems to have been patronised by other members of the Harrison family. Loggan produced a plumbago of William Harrison, signed and dated 1681, which is possibly a pair to the present portrait. It was also formerly in the J. Thursby-Pelham Collection, London, later Mrs Fitzroy Chapman; Christie's, London, 17 November 1954, lot 49, later Julian Olney, 1975, later Edward Grosvenor Paine; Christie's, London, 20 March 1989, lot 5, later Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1991, lot 17. In the same year, Loggan also produced a plumbago of a Henry Harrison, D. D., also formerly in the J. Thursby-Pelham Collection, later in the Mrs F. H. O. de la Hey Collection, later Major R. M. O. de la Hey Collection; Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1968, later sold Christie's, London, 15 April 1997, lot 3.

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