Lot Essay
Captain Limbery's children later became Mrs Tebbut and Mrs Spencer; the third remained unmarried
Details
William Read (fl. 1778)
Captain and Mrs Limbery with their three children; the Captain in blue coat holding a violin, his wife and daughters in white dresses with coloured sashes, one holding a dog, another the miniature portrait of her father, palette and flower vase to right
signed on the obverse and in full on the reverse and dated 1792, velvet mount
oval, 4 7/8in. (124mm.) high
Captain and Mrs Limbery with their three children; the Captain in blue coat holding a violin, his wife and daughters in white dresses with coloured sashes, one holding a dog, another the miniature portrait of her father, palette and flower vase to right
signed on the obverse and in full on the reverse and dated 1792, velvet mount
oval, 4 7/8in. (124mm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, 27 June 1978, lot 43