Daniel Gardner (1750-1805)

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Daniel Gardner (1750-1805)

Portrait of Miss Elliot as 'Circe', small half length, in a white dress and blue cloak holding a chalice and a magician's wand

an old inscription transcribed on to a label by a later hand reads 'portrait of Miss Elliot as Circe/by/Daniel Gardner, with/Coloured print by J. Watson' and further inscribed 'Perrineau'; pastel and bodycolour
12 x 10in. (350 x 254mm.)

拍品专文

The sitter is probably Isabella Elliot, born circa 1750, eldest daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot 3rd Bt. of Minto by Agnes Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound. Her eldest brother was Gilbert, 1st Earl of Minto (1751-1814) and her only sister Eleanor, married in 1776, William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, who was the subject of a portrait herself by Gardner