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Edward Greene Malbone (American, 1777-1809), painted between 18 June and 8 July 1803. Miniature Portrait of Eliza Southgate Bowne (1783-1809). image 1
Edward Greene Malbone (American, 1777-1809), painted between 18 June and 8 July 1803. Miniature Portrait of Eliza Southgate Bowne (1783-1809). image 2
Edward Greene Malbone (American, 1777-1809), painted between 18 June and 8 July 1803. Miniature Portrait of Eliza Southgate Bowne (1783-1809). image 3
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Edward Greene Malbone
(American, 1777-1809)
painted between 18 June and 8 July 1803.
Miniature Portrait of Eliza Southgate Bowne (1783-1809).

9 May 2023, 10:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$10,200 inc. premium

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Edward Greene Malbone (American, 1777-1809), painted between 18 June and 8 July 1803.

Miniature Portrait of Eliza Southgate Bowne (1783-1809). The sitter turned slightly to the right wearing a white gown, light brown hair with curls, mounted in a black frame with a gilt liner and gilt suspension loop, inscribed "Eliza Southgate Bowne / Born 1784- / Married 1803- / died 1809" on reverse.
Unsigned.

Footnotes

Provenance
Elizabeth Southgate Browne.
Mary King Bowne.
Mary Bowne Lawrence Bogert.
Frances L. Bogert Elliot.
Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale 1202 (November 29-December 2, 1950), Lot 216.
Eileen Elliott Tennent.
Ann Tennent Banning.
The present owner/consignor.

Note
Eliza Southgate sat for Malbone twice between June 18th and July 18th 1803, when she married Walter Bowne. This portrait is the first of the two portraits. The letters of Eliza Bowne have been collected and published in a book titled A Girl's Life Eighty Years Ago and this portrait is referenced on page 161 with the following "Malbone has finished my picture, but is unwilling we should have it as the likeness is not striking - he says not handsome enough - so says Mrs. B....however, he insists on taking it again as soon as he returns from Southward, and told Mr. Bowne, if he must have one he might keep this..." The second portrait appears on the frontispiece of A Girl's Life Eighty Years Ago.

This portrait is documented in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Control Number: IAP 60370002.

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