An Unknown Lady in a White Dress
Charles Robertson (Dublin 1759 – Dublin 1821)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
c. 1785
Materials
Watercolour on ivory, gold and human hair
Measurements
70 mm (H)55 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246511
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour painting on ivory, An Unknown Lady in a White Dress, Charles Robertson (Dublin 1759 – Dublin 1821), c.1785. Oval. Half-length portrait of a woman, turned to left, left profile, resting her chin on her right hand, wearing a white dress and white scarf ove her head, pale blue sash. Powdered hair, pale complexion, her right arm and hand clumsily drawn. Dark brown scumbled background.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. This item found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, miniatures previously exempted from duty, page 47.
Makers and roles
Charles Robertson (Dublin 1759 – Dublin 1821), miniaturist previously catalogued as by British (English) School, miniaturist