Lot 66: A pair of miniatures portraying Mrs Ann Edwards née Pryce and a Gentleman believed to be her husband, Mr Lewis Edwards of Talgarth (c.1748-1797): the former, wearing pale grey dress finished with pearls and white fichu, pearl necklace and

A pair of miniatures portraying Mrs Ann Edwards née Pryce and a Gentleman believed to be her husband, Mr Lewis Edwards of Talgarth (c.1748-1797): the former, wearing pale grey dress finished with pearls and white fichu, pearl necklace and sapphire brooch, her powdered wig worn à la conseilleur; the latter, wearing burgundy coat, pale yellow waistcoat, white stock and tied cravat, his powdered hair tied with black ribbon. Enamel, the former, housed within a gold fausse-montre frame with blue glass border to the obverse, the reverse with blue glass border and gold-mounted aperture, glazed to reveal plaited hair beneath the seed pearl initials of her children, ME AE PE JE above Mrs Edwards' seed pearl initials,AE and two seed pearl laurel wreaths; the latter, signed on the reverse and dated, Chas Hurter, Pinxt/ 1789, gold frame, the reverse with blue glass border and gold-mounted aperture, glazed to reveal plaited hair; common leather travelling case. Oval, 50mm (1 15/16in) high (2)

By repute, from a direct descendant of Josiah Nisbet (d.1830), stepson of Lord Admiral Nelson; Christie's, South Kensington, 3 July 2012, lot 14

Ann was the daughter of the Rev. Salusbury Pryce, Vicar of Meiford, Montgomery. She and her husband had a son, Pryce, and several daughters. Two of their daughters, Mary (c.1779-1803) and Frances (c.1790-1828), married and had issue. Mary married Thomas Parker, 5th Earl of Macclesfield (1763-1850) and died aged twenty-four, leaving four daughters. Frances inherited the family estate of Talgarth and Tonfane and married Captain Charles Thomas Thruston, RN (d.1858) of Hoxne, Suffolk. The couple had a son, Charles Frederick Thruston.