Andrew Plimer (British, 1763-1837)

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Andrew Plimer (British, 1763-1837)
The three Robinson children, grandchildren of Lord Clive: William Henry Robinson (1783/84-1826), Charlotte Robinson (1784-1813) and Harriet Robinson (1787-1820)
On ivory
Oval, 97 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with split-pearl border

Provenance

Probably William Henry Robinson (depicted in the portrait); his cousin Frances Margaretta Walpole (1788-1886) or Charlotte Louisa Walpole (1790-1887); Sir Horatio Walpole (1806-1898), and by descent.
Sir Spencer Walpole (1839-1907) Collection, by 1904.
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 4 June 1949 (inv. nos. MD/0477 and 453).

Literature

Williamson 1904, I, illustrated pl. LXII, fig. 4.
Rieben 1951; Werner 1951; Rieben 1952, illustrated in colour pl. VI.
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 643 (described as ‘excellent’).

Exhibited

Geneva 1956, no. 351.

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Lot Essay

The children depicted in the present portrait are three of the four children of Lieutenant-General John Robinson (d. 1798) and his wife Rebecca, née Clive, eldest daughter of Major-General Clive (1725-1774), known as Clive of India. The portrait most likely passed into the Walpole family as a result of the marriage between Margaret Clive (1768-1814) and Lambert Theodore Walpole (1757-1798).
We are indebted to Dr Hon. Charlotte Mitchell for her generous help in the preparation of this catalogue entry.

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