An Unknown Lady in a White Dress
Nathaniel Freese (fl.1794 - 1814)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1805 - 1810
Materials
Watercolour on ivory, gold, pearl and wood
Measurements
78 mm (H)64 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246531
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, An Unknown Lady in a White Dress, by Nathaniel Freese (fl.1794 - 1814). c.1805-1810. Oval. Half-length portrait of a young lady turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a low-cut white empire-line dress. Blue eyes, dark brown tightly curled hair, pink complexion. Sky background, framed in a gold mount with seed pearl surround.
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
Nathaniel Freese (fl.1794 - 1814), miniaturist previously catalogued as attributed to Anne Mee (London c.1760 – Hammersmith 1851), miniaturist
