Richard Cosway, R.A. (Oakford, Devon 1742-1821 London)

Portrait of Mrs John Drummond, née Hester Cholmondeley, small full-length, in a white dress with frilled trim and sash, a book in her left hand

Details

Richard Cosway, R.A. (Oakford, Devon 1742-1821 London)
Portrait of Mrs John Drummond, née Hester Cholmondeley, small full-length, in a white dress with frilled trim and sash, a book in her left hand
with inscription 'M^r^s John Drummond/Sister of Charles 1^s^t Lord Delamere née Cholmondeley/by Cosway' (verso)
pencil and watercolour
9 x 5½ in. (22.9 x 14 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 April 1917, lot 70 (50 gns to Huggins).
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, 21 May 2008, lot 31, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Hester Cholmondeley was born before 1774, the daughter of Thomas Cholmondeley, M.P. for Cheshire, and Dorothy Cowper. She married John Drummond on 11 June 1789 and they had one son and two daughters. She died on 24 September 1802. Despite the inscription on the reverse, her brother, the 1st Lord Delamere was in fact named Thomas, not Charles.

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