An Unknown Lady in a White Dress
Nathaniel Plimer (Wellington, Salop 1757 – London 1822)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1785
Materials
Watercolour on ivory, enamel, wood and gold
Measurements
78 mm (H)65 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246526
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour painting on ivory, An Unknown Lady in a White Dress, by Nathaniel Plimer (Wellington, Salop 1757 – London 1822). c.1785. Oval. Half-length portrait of a young lady, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a white dress and head-scarf. Brown eyes, powdered hair, pale complexion. Pale grey wash background exposing the ivory edges.
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 46.
Makers and roles
Nathaniel Plimer (Wellington, Salop 1757 – London 1822), miniaturist previously catalogued as by John Donaldson (Edinburgh 1737 - Islington 1801), miniaturist