Details
Richard Cosway, R.A. (British, 1742-1821)
The Hon. Mrs Brownlow North (d. 1796) with her son Charles Augustus North (1785-1825)
Signed and dated 1791 on the backing card ‘Rdus: Cosway / R.A. / Primarius Pictor / Serenissimi Walliae / Principis / Pinxit / 1791’, and later inscribed ‘Mrs North / & Charles’
On ivory; oval, 84 mm. high, silver-gilt frame set with diamonds
Provenance
John Pierpont-Morgan (1837-1904) Collection, New York; Christie’s, London, 25 June 1935, lot 269 (100 gns to Walker).
Mrs. Charles Lloyd-Jones; Sotheby’s, London, 25 November 1947, lot 54.
Henry Nyburg; Sotheby’s, London, 10 November 1969, lot 143 (£1,300 to Asprey).
Literature
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures. The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906, vol. II, no. 259, illustrated pl. LXXXII.
G. C. Williamson, ‘Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan’s Pictures. The English Miniatures. IV’, The Connoisseur, May 1907, vol. XVIII, no. LXIX, p. 7 (praised as ‘exceedingly delightful’), illustrated p. 5, no. LXIII.
B. Long, British Miniaturists, London, 1929, p. 101.
Exhibited
From 2005 to 2017 on loan to the museum of the Residenz, Munich, Portrait Miniatures Gallery, case III, no. 3.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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