Lot Essay
Sir Peter Parker was a grandson of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Parker who fell at a skirmish on the Chesapeake during the war with the United States.
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Sir Peter Parker, Bt., in blue coat with silver-embroidered button loops, knotted white cravat, powdered hair en queue
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RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1821)
Sir Peter Parker, Bt., in blue coat with silver-embroidered button loops, knotted white cravat, powdered hair en queue
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, white and blue enamel mount within gold frame with split-pearl border, the reverse with lock of hair, seed pearls and gold wire on opalescent glass within blue and white enamel border
Sir Peter Parker, Bt., in blue coat with silver-embroidered button loops, knotted white cravat, powdered hair en queue
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, white and blue enamel mount within gold frame with split-pearl border, the reverse with lock of hair, seed pearls and gold wire on opalescent glass within blue and white enamel border
Provenance
By family descent.
Admiral H. Boyes; Sotheby's, London, 27 October 1949, lot 127 (£95 to H. E. Backer).
Admiral H. Boyes; Sotheby's, London, 27 October 1949, lot 127 (£95 to H. E. Backer).
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