Lot Essay
Thomas Edwards Freeman of Batsford Park, Gloucestershire estates passed to John, 1st Baron Redesdale in 1809 when he assumed the additional names and arms of Freeman.
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Thomas Edwards Freeman and a young Lady, possibly his sister; he, facing left in lace-bordered purple coat, lace-bordered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered wig en queue and she, facing right in blue silk dress with white bodice, lace col
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ANDREAS HENRY GROTH (fl. c. 1739-1753)
Thomas Edwards Freeman and a young Lady, possibly his sister; he, facing left in lace-bordered purple coat, lace-bordered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered wig en queue and she, facing right in blue silk dress with white bodice, lace collar with blue bows, the sleeves slashed to reveal white, drop pearl earring and pearls in her upswept dark hair
the former signed and inscribed in watercolour on the counter-enamel 'Tho: Edwar[...] Freeman[.] A. Groth pin' and the latter signed with initial 'G' (lower left)
the lady enamel on gold, the gentleman enamel on copper
ovals, 1¾ in. (44 mm.), silver-gilt frames with reeded border (2)
Thomas Edwards Freeman and a young Lady, possibly his sister; he, facing left in lace-bordered purple coat, lace-bordered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered wig en queue and she, facing right in blue silk dress with white bodice, lace collar with blue bows, the sleeves slashed to reveal white, drop pearl earring and pearls in her upswept dark hair
the former signed and inscribed in watercolour on the counter-enamel 'Tho: Edwar[...] Freeman[.] A. Groth pin' and the latter signed with initial 'G' (lower left)
the lady enamel on gold, the gentleman enamel on copper
ovals, 1¾ in. (44 mm.), silver-gilt frames with reeded border (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 2 May 1966.
Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 299, illustrated colour pl. XXIV, no. 84 (part), II, pl. 135, nos. 355 and 356.
E. E. Simmons, 'Deutsche Einflsse in der englischen Porträtminiaturmalerei des 18. Jahrhunderts', Weltkunst, 22, 15 November 1978, illustrated p. 2687 (the gentleman).
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 178, 553.
E. E. Simmons, 'Deutsche Einflsse in der englischen Porträtminiaturmalerei des 18. Jahrhunderts', Weltkunst, 22, 15 November 1978, illustrated p. 2687 (the gentleman).
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 178, 553.