Mrs. Benson, facing right in gold-bordered white dress with fichu, sprigged pale blue coat with white lining and pearl set clasps at elbows, gold tasselled blue sash, striped white bandeau falling to her left shoulder in her upswept hair, her left arm resting on a stone pillar and holding a posy; foliate landscape
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RICHARD CROSSE (1742-1810)
Mrs. Benson, facing right in gold-bordered white dress with fichu, sprigged pale blue coat with white lining and pearl set clasps at elbows, gold tasselled blue sash, striped white bandeau falling to her left shoulder in her upswept hair, her left arm resting on a stone pillar and holding a posy; foliate landscape
signed on the backing paper 'Mrs Benson of Micklegate York L 16-16.0 by Cross'
oval, 3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
Mrs. Benson, facing right in gold-bordered white dress with fichu, sprigged pale blue coat with white lining and pearl set clasps at elbows, gold tasselled blue sash, striped white bandeau falling to her left shoulder in her upswept hair, her left arm resting on a stone pillar and holding a posy; foliate landscape
signed on the backing paper 'Mrs Benson of Micklegate York L 16-16.0 by Cross'
oval, 3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse