Y ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH 1763-1837)
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS CHARLES BOLAN COTTON, FACING LEFT, WEARING BLUE COAT, WHITE WAISTCOAT AND TIED CRAVAT, HIS POWDERED HAIR WORN EN QUEUE WITH A BLACK RIBBON;
Watercolour on ivory, oval
9cm (3½in.) high

Together with another portrait miniature After Andrew Plimer, traditionally paired with the former, depicting a lady, traditionally identified as Mrs Cotton, facing left, wearing a white wrap dress, her powdered hair curled and dressed with a white ribbon, watercolour on ivory, oval, 9cm high
Both miniatures housed in yellow metal frames with applied suspension loop and respective green and blue velvet backing (2)

Please note Dreweatts have applied for Ivory exemption for this lot. Reference KUUGYXZ9 and NS5LKZWD.

Condition Report:

GENTLEMAN: Very slight bowing to the ivory. Some very minor fading. One or two light spots of superficial surface dirt around the framing edges. Some possible areas of strengthening to the rim of the sitter's coat. Unexamined out of glazed frame. Some light dings and nicks to the frame commensurate with age.

LADY: Very slight bowing to the ivory. Some very minor fading. One or two light spots of superficial surface dirt scattered throughout. Unexamined out of glazed frame. Some light dings and nicks to the frame commensurate with age.

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