Lot Essay
A Mrs Greene is listed as having sat to George Engleheart in 1791, see G. C. Williamson and H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829, Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, p. 98.
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Details
GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750/53-1829)
Mrs Catherine Greene, in white dress with frilled collar and blue button, powdered curling hair
on ivory
oval, 2.11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with diamond-set surround, the reverse centred with gold initial C on woven hair panel
Mrs Catherine Greene, in white dress with frilled collar and blue button, powdered curling hair
on ivory
oval, 2.11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with diamond-set surround, the reverse centred with gold initial C on woven hair panel
Provenance
De la Hey Collection; part I, Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1968, lot 103.
Literature
G. Reitlinger, The Economics of Taste, New York, 1982, III, p. 259.
Exhibited
London, Victoria & Albert Museum, An Exhibition of Miniatures by George Engleheart, J.C.D. Engleheart and Thomas Richmond, 1929, no. 105 (lent by the Rev. E.W.M.O. de la Hey).
Special notice
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