A young Lady called Caroline Dugan, facing right with dark curling upswept brown hair, sky and cloud background; together with a young Gentleman, facing right in black coat, waistcoat and cravat (American School, circa 1842)
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HUGH BRIDPORT (1794-1832)
A young Lady called Caroline Dugan, facing right with dark curling upswept brown hair, sky and cloud background; together with a young Gentleman, facing right in black coat, waistcoat and cravat (American School, circa 1842)
the former signed on the obverse 'Bridport' (lower right) and on the
ovals, 2½ in. (64 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with die-stamped border, the reverse with off-centre glazed aperture; and silver-gilt frame with engine-turned reverse with off-centre aperture with lock of plaited hair and engraved initials EAN and date 1842 (2)
A young Lady called Caroline Dugan, facing right with dark curling upswept brown hair, sky and cloud background; together with a young Gentleman, facing right in black coat, waistcoat and cravat (American School, circa 1842)
the former signed on the obverse 'Bridport' (lower right) and on the
ovals, 2½ in. (64 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with die-stamped border, the reverse with off-centre glazed aperture; and silver-gilt frame with engine-turned reverse with off-centre aperture with lock of plaited hair and engraved initials EAN and date 1842 (2)
Provenance
for the miniature by Bridport:
Ehrich Galleries, New York (in 1921).
Ehrich Galleries, New York (in 1921).
Literature
for the miniature by Bridport:
Th. Bolton, Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature, New York, 1921, p. 18, no. 12, illustrated opp. p. 74.
Th. Bolton, Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature, New York, 1921, p. 18, no. 12, illustrated opp. p. 74.
Sale room notice
Please note that the miniature of Caroline Dugan by Hugh Bridport is signed on the obverse 'Bridport' (lower right) and on the backing paper 'Painted by H Bridport Phil.ia'.