ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)

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ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)
Two young ladies, called Elizabeth Osborn, née Bannister (1747-1773), in a landscape, in white dresses, one with pink sash, one with blue sash, powdered hair
signed with initials and dated 'A·P 1786' (lower left)
on ivory
oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, giltwood frame with beaded surround
A paper label on the reverse is inscribed in pen, 'from Chicksands Priory Shefford'

Provenance

By direct family descent to the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

According to family tradition, the present miniature depicts Elizabeth Osborn, née Bannister, first wife of Sir George Osborn, in two different positions. Chicksands Priory, mentioned on the label on the reverse, is the ancestral home of the Osborn family.

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