Details

ENGLISH SCHOOL CIRCA 1790
Harriet Davison, née Gosling (1770-1826), in white muslin wrap-front dress, white pearl-bordered bandeau in her powdered curling hair
on ivory
oval, 3 5/16 in. (85 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse centred with lock of hair and gold wire on opalescent glass panel, within translucent blue glass surround, within velvet-lined hinged burgundy leather travelling case

Provenance

Harriet Davison (1770-1826) of Swarland Hall, Northumberland.
Dorothy Widdrington (formerly Cook, née Davison) (b.1794) and by descent at Newton Hall, Northumberland.

Literature

Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1925, p. 120.

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Sale Room Notice

Please note that the description for this lot should read 'Portrait of a Lady, historically identified as Mrs Gosling, possibly depicting Harriet Davison.'

Please also note that the provenance of this lot should read 'possibly Harriet Davison ...' and not as stated in the catalogue.