Lot 86: A Lady, wearing white dress and fichu tied at her corsage with a spray of blue lilac, violet sash to her waist, gold necklace and hoop earrings, her powdered wig wornà la conseilleur

A Lady, wearing white dress and fichu tied at her corsage with a spray of blue lilac, violet sash to her waist, gold necklace and hoop earrings, her powdered wig worn à la conseilleur. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the obverse and dated, Sicardi/ 1790, silver gilt réverbère frame with white enameled pellet border. Circular, 59mm (2 5/16in) dia.

Bath, Holburne Museum of Art, Secret Passion to Noble Fashion, 21 April - 18 July 1999; Edinburgh, Phillips Auctioneers, Secret Passion to Noble Fashion, 16 August - 3 September 1999; Edinburgh, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, The Albion Loan Collection, 2000-2003

A. Sumner and R. Walker, Secret Passion to Noble Fashion, Holburne Museum of Art, 1999, no.62, ill.p.155

The Property of a Nobleman; Christie's, London, 21 October 1997, lot 68; Bonhams, London, The Albion Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, 22 April 2004, lot 84; Christie's, London, 27 November 2013, lot 93