25 Nov 2009
14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
The Merchiston Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, The Property of Mrs Eleanor Hamilton
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The Merchiston Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, The Property of Mrs Eleanor Hamilton
Back to auction 17787
Walter Robertson (Irish, died 1801)
A Lady, wearing Classical inspired robes, white muslin dress with pale blue robe pinned at her shoulder with brooch, a dark blue cloak over her right arm, her hair worn long and curled.
Gold frame, the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal plaited hair within gold mounted blue glass border.
Oval, 62mm (2 7/16in) high
Provenance: Sotheby's, 28 April 1988, lot 50
Exhibited: Portrait Miniatures from the Merchiston Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 23 September – 11 December 2005, no.40
Literature: Stephen Lloyd, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, p.68
Gold frame, the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal plaited hair within gold mounted blue glass border.
Oval, 62mm (2 7/16in) high
Provenance: Sotheby's, 28 April 1988, lot 50
Exhibited: Portrait Miniatures from the Merchiston Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 23 September – 11 December 2005, no.40
Literature: Stephen Lloyd, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, p.68
Sold for
£2,280
inc. premium
Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures
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