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Lot Essay
The present miniature derives from the large-scale portrait on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and her child, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire.
Details
AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, née Spencer (1757-1806), in white dress, powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gold frame made by Hatfield and Sons in 1914, the reverse engraved 'Lady Georgiana Spencer wife of William 5t.h. Duke of Devonshire K.G. Born 1757 - Died 1806. Richard Cosway R.A. Born 1720 - Died 1821'
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, née Spencer (1757-1806), in white dress, powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gold frame made by Hatfield and Sons in 1914, the reverse engraved 'Lady Georgiana Spencer wife of William 5t.h. Duke of Devonshire K.G. Born 1757 - Died 1806. Richard Cosway R.A. Born 1720 - Died 1821'
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), inventory Miniatures at Althorp, 1937, no. 18 (as 'No. 35 in Inventory. On a piece of paper at the back is written 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' in the hand of her brother, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer.')
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