Lot Essay
A signed miniature by Richard Gibson of Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Carnarvon (1633-1678), identified by the artist's inscription on the reverse, was sold Christie's, London, 13 December 1983, lot 81.
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RICHARD GIBSON (BRITISH, 1615-1690)
A young lady previously called Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Carnarvon (1633-1678), in white silk-bordered blue dress with jewelled brooch at shoulder, upswept curling brown hair
on vellum
oval, 2¼ in. (58 mm.) high, turned black wood frame
A young lady previously called Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Carnarvon (1633-1678), in white silk-bordered blue dress with jewelled brooch at shoulder, upswept curling brown hair
on vellum
oval, 2¼ in. (58 mm.) high, turned black wood frame
Provenance
With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 1992 (as Elizabeth Capell Countess of Carnarvon).
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Katharine Cooke