The Fair Nun Unmasked

Details

Chinese School, 18th century, after Henry Robert Morland
The Fair Nun Unmasked
reverse painting on glass
oval
14 x 12in. (35.5 x 30.3cm.) including frame
in the original giltwood frame

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 31 Oct. 1986, lot 78.

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Lot Essay

After the mezzotint first published by Carington Bowles, London, 1769. Morland's original picture of c.1769 is at Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries. For a discussion of Morland's 'Fancy dress' portrait, see Helena Davis, 'The Fair Nun Unmasked', Leeds Art Calendar, 1979, no.85.

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