Plimer (Andrew, 1763-1837, attributed to). Portrait miniature of a young lady
Attributed to Andrew Plimer (1763-1837). Portrait of a young lady, miniature watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, a head and shoulders portrait, half profile to left, of a young lady wearing a white muslin dress with high frilled neck, with pearls in her grey-powdered curls and at her neck, 65 x 53mm (2.5 x 2ins), oval yellow metal frame with hanging loop set with faux seed pearls (92 x 64mm), the reverse with glazed aperture containing a lock of hair on opalescent glass, with beaded blue glass oval panel set with the initials 'WCG', some displacement of decoration
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Andrew Plimer had the good fortune to be apprenticed to miniature portraitist Richard Cosway (1742-1821) after running away from home with his brother and spending two years travelling with a group of gypsies.
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Attributed to Andrew Plimer (1763-1837). Portrait of a young lady, miniature watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, a head and shoulders portrait, half profile to left, of a young lady wearing a white muslin dress with high frilled neck, with pearls in her grey-powdered curls and at her neck, 65 x 53mm (2.5 x 2ins), oval yellow metal frame with hanging loop set with faux seed pearls (92 x 64mm), the reverse with glazed aperture containing a lock of hair on opalescent glass, with beaded blue glass oval panel set with the initials 'WCG', some displacement of decoration
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Andrew Plimer had the good fortune to be apprenticed to miniature portraitist Richard Cosway (1742-1821) after running away from home with his brother and spending two years travelling with a group of gypsies.
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