ASCRIBED TO CHARLOTTE HADFIELD (BRITISH, FL. C. 1793)

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ASCRIBED TO CHARLOTTE HADFIELD (BRITISH, FL. C. 1793)
A young lady, in white dress with blue sash, double strand pearl necklace, drop-pearl earring, white headscarf in her upswept curling powdered hair; sky background
inscribed on the backing card 'Char^{l<\sup> Hadfield / London / 1793'

on ivory

oval, 2.5/8 in. (72 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with enamel and pearl reverse with diamond-set initial 'K', in hinged fitted red leather case}

Provenance

The Property of Mrs J. H. Barnes dec'd (sold by order of the Executors); (+) Sotheby's, London, 29 April 1974, lot 44 (as by Charlotte Hadfield, sister-in-law to Richard Cosway).
Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1979, lot 148 (as by Charlotte Hadfield).
With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 1992 (as by Charlotte Hadfield).

Literature

D. Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 342, illustrated pl. 98A (as signed and dated on the reverse 'Char^{l<\sup> Hadfield / London July / 1793'. 'This is one of the few known examples of the artist's work and is painted in the manner of Cosway, her brother-in-law').}

Special Notice

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

According to D. Foskett (op. cit., p. 517), the present miniature is by Charlotte Hadfield, the sister of Richard Cosway's wife, Maria Hadfield (1759/1760-1838). Charlotte married 'William Combe, the comic poet, noted for his Tours of Dr. Syntax, etc.'

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