A lady in white bordered black dress, grey silk stole draped over her left arm, large drop pearl earrings, large pearl necklace and pearls in her plaited brown hair dressed in ringlets; gold brocade ochre coloured draped curtain, pillar, cloud and sky background; with gold border

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JOHN HOSKINS (BRITISH, C. 1590 - 1665)
A lady in white bordered black dress, grey silk stole draped over her left arm, large drop pearl earrings, large pearl necklace and pearls in her plaited brown hair dressed in ringlets; gold brocade ochre coloured draped curtain, pillar, cloud and sky background; with gold border
signed with initials and dated '1654 I H .' (mid right)
on vellum
oval, 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) high, gold frame, fitted fishskin case (2)

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Lot Essay

A miniature of a young lady, described as measuring 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., with 'fair hair; necklace of pearls; pearls in ear. Signed I.H. and dated 1654', from the collection of Mr. F. A. Hyett, is recorded in J. J. Foster, Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1924-1926, supplement, p. 150, no. 228.

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