GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750/53-1829)

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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750/53-1829)
Mrs Thomas Graham (née Ann Paul), in white lace-bordered dress, wearing a coral necklace, white bandeau in her powdered curling hair and tied below her chin
on ivory
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, gold frame, the plaited hair reverse set with seed-pearl monograms: AG in the centre and on the right, HG on the left and another set of initials bottom centre
A label on the reverse erroneously attributes this miniature to Cosway.

Literature

G. C. Williamson, Richard Cosway, R.A. and his Wife and Pupils, London, 1897, p. 113 (erroneously as by Richard Cosway, R.A.).

Exhibited

London, South Kensingon Museum, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1865, no. 1951 (erroneously as by Richard Cosway, R.A., lent by Sir G. Graham-Montgomery, Bt. M.P.).
London, Moncorvo House, 64 Ennismore Gardens, Amateur Art Exhibition, 1895, no. 46.

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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

Ann Graham, née Paul was the wife of Thomas Graham. For a biographical note and a portrait of her husband, see lot 62. The seed-pearl initials on the reverse of the miniature represent the names of the sitter's children: Ann, Helen, and a son who died in 1808.
A Mrs Graham is recorded in George Engleheart's fee book for 1785 (see G. C. Williamson & H. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829. Miniature Painter to George III., London, 1902, p. 97).

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