Lot Essay
Another miniature of the artist's first wife was sold in these rooms, 12 July 1988, lot 181.
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The artist's first wife Jenny, in profile to left, in long sleeved white dress, blue bracelets and red coral necklace, gold comb holding her dark upswept and curled hair, seated, her right elbow leaning against the back of a red upholstered sofa, her gloved hands clasped; pillar and red curtain background
Details
ANDREW ROBERTSON (1777-1845)
The artist's first wife Jenny, in profile to left, in long sleeved white dress, blue bracelets and red coral necklace, gold comb holding her dark upswept and curled hair, seated, her right elbow leaning against the back of a red upholstered sofa, her gloved hands clasped; pillar and red curtain background
rectangular, 35/8 x 27/8 in. (92 x 72 mm.), gilt-metal mount within wood frame
The artist's first wife Jenny, in profile to left, in long sleeved white dress, blue bracelets and red coral necklace, gold comb holding her dark upswept and curled hair, seated, her right elbow leaning against the back of a red upholstered sofa, her gloved hands clasped; pillar and red curtain background
rectangular, 35/8 x 27/8 in. (92 x 72 mm.), gilt-metal mount within wood frame
Provenance
Sold by Limner Antiques to Edward Grosvenor Paine in August 1972.
Edward Grosvenor Paine Collection, New Orleans, inv. no. 613; Christie's, London, 28 October 1980, lot 62.
Edward Grosvenor Paine Collection, New Orleans, inv. no. 613; Christie's, London, 28 October 1980, lot 62.
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