The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
Oakford, Devon 1742 - 1821 London
PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN THE GUISE OF HEBE, CIRCA 1790
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame
77 by 61 mm.
Sir William Cosway, brother of the artist, whose son took the name Halliday in 1872;
Sir William Halliday (d. 1898) of Glenthorne;
with H.E. Backer, London, by 1957;
Edward Grosvenor Paine (d. 1989), New Orleans;
his sale, London, Christie's, 23 October 1979, lot 157
Williamson, 1897, p. 110