Lot 53: John Cox Dillman Engleheart (British, 1782-1862) A Lady, wearing Classically inspired décolleté white dress with gold embroidered trim and jewelled brooches on the short slashed sleeve, pale blue underskirt, burgundy mantle with gold fringe and

A Lady, wearing Classically inspired décolleté white dress with gold embroidered trim and jewelled brooches on the short slashed sleeve, pale blue underskirt, burgundy mantle with gold fringe and stripes of floral embroidery and gold diadem set with blue stones, she holds a bowl filled with grapes and peaches, an urn to her right.
Signed on the reverse and dated John Cox Dillman Engleheart/ Pinxit 1814/ London, scrolling ormolu frame.
Rectangular, 127mm (5in) high
Provenance: Mrs K. H. Ascoli; Christie's, 14 December 1971, lot 52
Exhibited: Portrait Miniatures from the Merchiston Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 23 September – 11 December 2005, no.48
Literature: Daphne Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, 1979, p.417, ill.p.408, pl.119E
Heinz E.R. Martin, Miniaturen des Rokoko, Empire und Biedermeier, 1981, pl.127, no.114
Daphne Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, 1987, p.417, ill.p.408, pl.119E
Stephen Lloyd, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, p.71