Lot 45
45
Andrew Plimer

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Andrew Plimer
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), facing right in white dress with fichu, curling powdered hair; sky background
signed with initials and dated 'A.P. 1786'
oval, 2in. (51mm.) high; and James Hare, M.P. (1749-1804), facing left in brown coat with fur collar, frilled white cravat, powdered hair (Anne Mee, née Foldsone, after Sir Joshua Reynolds) (cracked)
with extensive inscription and the date on the reverse 'Yet not alone they genius .. dep.. and ... thy various talents drop a but weep to think we must behold a loved companion .. friend no more since by Duke of Devonshire 1804'
oval, 3.5/8in. (92mm.) high; and a chromolithograph of a young Lady, head and shoulders, a black ribbon in her dark, curling hair (Circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence)
oval, 2¾in. (70mm.) high
all in gilt-metal mounts set into common rectangular glazed Spink & Son Ld. wooden box frame
rectangular, 6¼ x 12¼in. (159 x 311mm.)
See Back Cover for part lot Illustration

Lot Essay

Georgiana, daughter of the 1st Earl Spencer, married in 1774 the 5th Duke of Devonshire. James Hare, was an intimate of the 5th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. The inscription on the reverse is possibly from Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire's poem of five verses on his death which was published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1804, part I, p. 552. If this portrait is posthumous, it was mostly likely commissioned by the 5th Duke or Duchess of Devonshire.
We are very grateful to Charles Noble for establishing the identity of the sitters in this lot

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