A Mother and her Two Children: she facing left in sprigged white dress with blue sash, brown bordered yellow surcoat, black ribbon choker, white bandeau twisted in her upswept hair, seated beside her daughter: in white dress with pink sash, blue stole, pearl bracelet, white bandeau and pearls twisted in her upswept brown hair, seated holding an open book on her lap: and her son, facing right in green coat and waistcoat, white shirt with lace collar, all holding hands; pillar and foliate background
Details
SAMUEL SHELLEY (1750/56-1808)
A Mother and her Two Children: she facing left in sprigged white dress with blue sash, brown bordered yellow surcoat, black ribbon choker, white bandeau twisted in her upswept hair, seated beside her daughter: in white dress with pink sash, blue stole, pearl bracelet, white bandeau and pearls twisted in her upswept brown hair, seated holding an open book on her lap: and her son, facing right in green coat and waistcoat, white shirt with lace collar, all holding hands; pillar and foliate background
signed with initials and dated 'SS 1774' (mid-right)
oval, 3½ in. (90 mm.) wide, silver-gilt frame
A Mother and her Two Children: she facing left in sprigged white dress with blue sash, brown bordered yellow surcoat, black ribbon choker, white bandeau twisted in her upswept hair, seated beside her daughter: in white dress with pink sash, blue stole, pearl bracelet, white bandeau and pearls twisted in her upswept brown hair, seated holding an open book on her lap: and her son, facing right in green coat and waistcoat, white shirt with lace collar, all holding hands; pillar and foliate background
signed with initials and dated 'SS 1774' (mid-right)
oval, 3½ in. (90 mm.) wide, silver-gilt frame
Provenance
Henry Nyburg.
Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1969, lot 128 (£460 to Rees Howard).
Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1969, lot 128 (£460 to Rees Howard).
Literature
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, illustrated p. 306, pl. 80A.
D. Foskett, Miniatures Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, illustrated p. 306, pl. 80A.
D. Foskett, Miniatures Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, illustrated p. 306, pl. 80A.