Lot Essay
Foskett (supra) dates this miniature circa 1758 and specifies that Miss Elizabeth Crosse, the sister of the artist, later married the Rev. John Cobley.
Elizabeth Crosse, full face in blue dress with white underslip, the slashed sleeves fastened with pearls, white bow at corsage, pink stole around her shoulders, white feather in her dressed hair, seated playing the harpsichord; blue curtain background
Details
RICHARD CROSSE (1742-1810)
Elizabeth Crosse, full face in blue dress with white underslip, the slashed sleeves fastened with pearls, white bow at corsage, pink stole around her shoulders, white feather in her dressed hair, seated playing the harpsichord; blue curtain background
oval, 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, turned wood frame
Elizabeth Crosse, full face in blue dress with white underslip, the slashed sleeves fastened with pearls, white bow at corsage, pink stole around her shoulders, white feather in her dressed hair, seated playing the harpsichord; blue curtain background
oval, 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, turned wood frame
Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 30, no. 198, illustrated II, pl. 69, no. 198.