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Details
Andrew Plimer (British, 1763-1837)
A Devonshire Farmer
On ivory
Rectangular, 144 x 105 mm., gilt-metal mount in ebonised wood panel
A Devonshire Farmer
On ivory
Rectangular, 144 x 105 mm., gilt-metal mount in ebonised wood panel
Provenance
By descent to the artist’s family.
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired in 1965 for the Holzscheiter Collection (inv. nos. MD/0682 and 456).
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired in 1965 for the Holzscheiter Collection (inv. nos. MD/0682 and 456).
Literature
Williamson 1903, pp. 62 and 127 (‘An Irishman in a striped waistcoat, probably the Devon farmer exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1810’), illustrated plate section, no number.
Long 1929, p. 346.
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 1024, illustrated IV, pl. 458, fig. 942.
Long 1929, p. 346.
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 1024, illustrated IV, pl. 458, fig. 942.
Exhibited
London 1810, no. 658 (as ‘A North Devon Country Gentleman Farmer’).
Geneva 1956, no. 357.
Vienna 1965, no. 304.
Geneva 1956, no. 357.
Vienna 1965, no. 304.
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