Lot 19
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SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Hardinge

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Cooper
  • Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Hardinge
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame inset with pastes;signed with the artist's monogram and dated centre left: SC. / 1664
  • 89 by 70 mm.

Provenance

T.R. Fetherstonhaugh, by 1974;
sale, London, Christie's, 25 November 1980, lot 69

Exhibited

London, 1974, no. 100

Literature

Foskett, 1974, pp. 72 & 117, no. 47, illust.;
Gabardi, 1981, p. 171, no. 8, illust.;
Humair, 1982, p. 18, illust.

Condition

This miniature has faded and suffers from slight surface grime. There are a few flacked losses on the face which have been conserved. There are also paint losses to her index finger.
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