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A young lady, facing right in low-cut purple dress with lace underdress and white sleeves, frilled white scarf tied around her neck, large posy of flowers at corsage and in her powdered curling upswept hair and wearing a straw hat
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ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE MACPHERSON (1726 - c. 1780)
A young lady, facing right in low-cut purple dress with lace underdress and white sleeves, frilled white scarf tied around her neck, large posy of flowers at corsage and in her powdered curling upswept hair and wearing a straw hat
enamel on copper
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with reeded border and herborized jasper reverse
A young lady, facing right in low-cut purple dress with lace underdress and white sleeves, frilled white scarf tied around her neck, large posy of flowers at corsage and in her powdered curling upswept hair and wearing a straw hat
enamel on copper
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with reeded border and herborized jasper reverse
Provenance
For the most recent article on Macpherson, see Rachel Layton Elwes, 'Giuseppe Macpherson 1726-c1780', The British Art Journal - Somerset House, II, 2, Winter 2000-2001, pp. 53-57.
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