Lot Essay
Williamson/Engleheart (loc. cit.) record that Mrs Ashton Jun. sat to Engleheart in 1790.
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Catharine Ashton (1762-1806), in profile to the left in lace-bordered yellow dress, gold-bordered turqouise and white ribbons in her powdered curled hair
Details
GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1750-1829)
Catharine Ashton (1762-1806), in profile to the left in lace-bordered yellow dress, gold-bordered turqouise and white ribbons in her powdered curled hair
oval, 16 in. (34 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse with central lock of hair
Catharine Ashton (1762-1806), in profile to the left in lace-bordered yellow dress, gold-bordered turqouise and white ribbons in her powdered curled hair
oval, 16 in. (34 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse with central lock of hair
Provenance
Christie's, London, 17 October 1949, lot 120 (54gns. to H. Backer).
Literature
G. Williamson/H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, p. 86.