Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
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Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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RICHARD CROSSE
Knowle, Devon 1742 - 1810
PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT JOHN WILLIAM COMMERELL (1755-1847), AND HIS WIFE MARY, NEE BOSANQUET (1742-1810)
Each watercolour on ivory, gold frames
Each: 6.4 by 5.2 cm, 2½ by 2⅛ in.
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Sale, London, Christie's, 20 March 1989, lot 182
B.S. Long, 'Richard Crosse, Miniaturist and portrait-painter,' The Walpole Society, vol. 17, 1929, pp. 78 & 86
The artist's ledger for 12 March 1787 records 'Receivd [sic] of Mr. Commerell for his do. Mrs Commerells £25 4s'.