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SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672)
A gentleman, traditionally called George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), in gilt-studded metal armour, white jabot, long fair hair; cloudy sky background
On vellum
Oval, 72 mm. high, in gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting, the reverse engraved 'Gen,,l Monck, / Duke of Albemarle. / by Cooper'
A label on the reverse of the frame is inscribed 'Superb Miniature / by Samuel Cooper.' and 'Collection Miss Seymour / Exhibited V & A June 1862 / No 2590 / P. 234'
A gentleman, traditionally called George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), in gilt-studded metal armour, white jabot, long fair hair; cloudy sky background
On vellum
Oval, 72 mm. high, in gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting, the reverse engraved 'Gen,,l Monck, / Duke of Albemarle. / by Cooper'
A label on the reverse of the frame is inscribed 'Superb Miniature / by Samuel Cooper.' and 'Collection Miss Seymour / Exhibited V & A June 1862 / No 2590 / P. 234'
Provenance
Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), Ashridge.
Thence by descent to his niece, Miss Jane Margaret Seymour (1873-1943) of Knoyle, Wiltshire.
The Property of Miss J. M. Seymour; Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1928, lot 49 (as 'General Monck, Duke of Albemarle', £170).
Edward Peter Jones, Chester.
With Charles Woollett & Son, London, in 1961.
Christie's London, 22 October 1974, lot 56 (as 'General George Monck, Duke of Albemarle', 3,500 gns. to Langue).
Thence by descent to his niece, Miss Jane Margaret Seymour (1873-1943) of Knoyle, Wiltshire.
The Property of Miss J. M. Seymour; Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1928, lot 49 (as 'General Monck, Duke of Albemarle', £170).
Edward Peter Jones, Chester.
With Charles Woollett & Son, London, in 1961.
Christie's London, 22 October 1974, lot 56 (as 'General George Monck, Duke of Albemarle', 3,500 gns. to Langue).
Literature
The Connoisseur, vol. 148, August, 1961, illustrated (as General Monck, Duke of Albemarle).
Exhibited
South Kensington Museum, London, Special Exhibition of Works of Art, 1862, no. 2591 (as The Duke of Albemarle, lent by Henry Danby Seymour, Esq.).
On loan to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1912-1928.
On loan to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1912-1928.
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Matilda Burn
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