ANOTHER PROPERTY
GERVASE SPENCER (d. 1763)
Lady Mary Forbes, facing right in lace bordered black dress with pearl encrusted bodice, pink sleeves with black ribbon tied at elbow, lace choker with black ribbon, black plumed hat; and a young Cleric, facing right in grey robes and white bands, powdered hair en queue (George Engleheart, circa 1780)
Details
GERVASE SPENCER (d. 1763)
Lady Mary Forbes, facing right in lace bordered black dress with pearl encrusted bodice, pink sleeves with black ribbon tied at elbow, lace choker with black ribbon, black plumed hat; and a young Cleric, facing right in grey robes and white bands, powdered hair en queue (George Engleheart, circa 1780)
the former signed with initials and dated 'G S 1748' (lower right)
ovals, 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.) and 1¼ in. (32 mm.) high, gilt-metal frames (2)
Lady Mary Forbes, facing right in lace bordered black dress with pearl encrusted bodice, pink sleeves with black ribbon tied at elbow, lace choker with black ribbon, black plumed hat; and a young Cleric, facing right in grey robes and white bands, powdered hair en queue (George Engleheart, circa 1780)
the former signed with initials and dated 'G S 1748' (lower right)
ovals, 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.) and 1¼ in. (32 mm.) high, gilt-metal frames (2)
Literature
for the miniature by Spencer:
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, II, p. 97, no. 867, illustrated pl. 348, no. 867.
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, II, p. 97, no. 867, illustrated pl. 348, no. 867.