Lot 58: Lady Ann Hudson (1775-1826), in white dress with a turquoise sash, white fichu, white bandeau in her loose blonde curling hair, turquoise crucifix on a gold chain around her neck; sky background

JAMES HEATH MILLINGTON (IRISH, 1799-1872)
Lady Ann Hudson (1775-1826), in white dress with a turquoise sash, white fichu, white bandeau in her loose blonde curling hair, turquoise crucifix on a gold chain around her neck; sky background
signed and dated 'J. H. Millington 1819' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 3 in. (78 mm.) high; hinged red leather fitted case

An accompanying paper label reads 'Willed to C. J. Hudson by Mrs. A. C. Starkie in 1925 'miniature of my grandmother'.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

A similar miniature is mentioned in D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniatures Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 408, illustrated II, pl. 233, no. 589, and was sold Christie's, London, 18 February 1969, lot 116.
For other miniatures of the same sitter, see lots 160 and 176.