Lot Essay
Mrs Martyr was an actress who is recorded to have performed at the Cheltenham theatre during the 1780s.
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Mrs Martyr, in low-cut white dress with fichu, holding her green sash in her left hand, wide green hat with green ribbon in her long dark curling hair; red curtain background with stone ledge and landscape beyond
Details
THOMAS PEAT (BRITISH, FL. 1791-1831)
Mrs Martyr, in low-cut white dress with fichu, holding her green sash in her left hand, wide green hat with green ribbon in her long dark curling hair; red curtain background with stone ledge and landscape beyond
inscribed and dated on the counter-enamel 'Mrs Martyr 1788'
enamel on copper
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, wooden frame
Mrs Martyr, in low-cut white dress with fichu, holding her green sash in her left hand, wide green hat with green ribbon in her long dark curling hair; red curtain background with stone ledge and landscape beyond
inscribed and dated on the counter-enamel 'M
enamel on copper
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, wooden frame
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 25 November 1974, lot 15.
Literature
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, pp. 295, 296, illustrated pl. 77A (as by Spicer), praised 'This is an attractive portrait and interesting for costume'.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, pp. 295, 296, illustrated pl. 77A (as by Spicer), praised as above.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, pp. 295, 296, illustrated pl. 77A (as by Spicer), praised as above.
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