A young Lady, facing left in pink dress with white bodice with blue lacing, posy at corsage and blue shawl draped about her shoulders, flowers in her upswept fair hair
Details
RUPERT BARBER (fl. 1736-1772)
A young Lady, facing left in pink dress with white bodice with blue lacing, posy at corsage and blue shawl draped about her shoulders, flowers in her upswept fair hair
enamel on gold
oval, 1.13/16 in. (45 mm.) high, fitted leather case
A young Lady, facing left in pink dress with white bodice with blue lacing, posy at corsage and blue shawl draped about her shoulders, flowers in her upswept fair hair
enamel on gold
oval, 1.13/16 in. (45 mm.) high, fitted leather case
Provenance
Peter Kaufmann; Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1975, lot 37 (as by Gervase Spencer; £209).
Literature
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, illustrated in colour opp. p. 157, pl. 11F (as by Gervase Spencer).
Sale room notice
There is an old inscription on card in the leather case identifying the sitter as Lady Araminta Beresford.