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Queen Mary II (1662-1694), facing left in gem-set ermine-edged cloak, wearing rich pearl jewellery, curled dark long hair
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JOHN FABER (c. 1650-1721)
Queen Mary II (1662-1694), facing left in gem-set ermine-edged cloak, wearing rich pearl jewellery, curled dark long hair
inscribed 'MARIA. D: G: Angliae. Scotiae. Franciae & Hiberniae Regina'
plumbago on vellum
oval, 3.5/8 in. (92 mm.) high, black turned wood frame
Queen Mary II (1662-1694), facing left in gem-set ermine-edged cloak, wearing rich pearl jewellery, curled dark long hair
inscribed 'MARIA. D: G: Angliae. Scotiae. Franciae & Hiberniae Regina'
plumbago on vellum
oval, 3.5/8 in. (92 mm.) high, black turned wood frame
Provenance
Jeffery W. Whitehead (in 1889).
Francis Wellesley, no. 66; Sotheby's, London, 28 June - 2 July 1920, lot 294.
Francis Wellesley, no. 66; Sotheby's, London, 28 June - 2 July 1920, lot 294.
Literature
W. Mills, 'Plumbagos', The Connoisseur, XXXIV, no. 133, September 1912, illustrated p. 5.
G. C. Williamson, 'La miniature anglaise', in L'exposition de la miniature à Bruxelles en 1912, Brussels and Paris, 1913, illustrated pl. XXII, no. 103.
J. J. Foster, Samuel Cooper & the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1914-1916, Supplement, p. 105, no. 4.
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr. Francis Wellesley's Collection of Miniatures and Drawings, Part II', The Connoisseur, LII, no. 206, October 1918, p. 73 (praised as one of the two 'masterpieces of that famous craftsman's work in Indian ink'), illustrated p. 70.
Catalogue of the Miniatures and Portraits in Plumbago or Pencil belonging to Francis & Minnie Wellesley, Woking and London, n.d., p. 38.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 243.
G. C. Williamson, 'La miniature anglaise', in L'exposition de la miniature à Bruxelles en 1912, Brussels and Paris, 1913, illustrated pl. XXII, no. 103.
J. J. Foster, Samuel Cooper & the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1914-1916, Supplement, p. 105, no. 4.
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr. Francis Wellesley's Collection of Miniatures and Drawings, Part II', The Connoisseur, LII, no. 206, October 1918, p. 73 (praised as one of the two 'masterpieces of that famous craftsman's work in Indian ink'), illustrated p. 70.
Catalogue of the Miniatures and Portraits in Plumbago or Pencil belonging to Francis & Minnie Wellesley, Woking and London, n.d., p. 38.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 243.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1889, case XXXI, no. 25 (lent by Jeffery W. Whitehead).
Brussels, Hôtel Goffinet, Exposition de la miniature, 1912, no. 354 (lent by Francis Wellesley).
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1914-1918.
Brussels, Hôtel Goffinet, Exposition de la miniature, 1912, no. 354 (lent by Francis Wellesley).
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1914-1918.
Sale room notice
Please note that the portrait of Queen Mary II is drawn in pen and ink on vellum and not in plumbago on vellum.