25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Andrew Plimer (British 1763-1837)
Portrait of a young boy, with dark hair, wearing a red coat and white shirt
miniature in a yellow metal frame, the reverse with blue enamel border and hair weave centre
framed 7.2 x 6.3 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference FZXRGXL8
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's, 13 November 1973, lot 20 (520gns. to Rappolt).
Anon. sale, Christie's, 14 October 1998, lot 105.
Purchased from the above by Alina Cooper.
Literature:
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, illustrated opp. p. 377 ('This is a very colourful portrait by Plimer'), colour pl. 29C.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, illustrated opp. p. 377, colour pl. 29C.
Exhibited:
London, Sotheby's, Childhood, 1988, no. 131.
Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Late Alina Cooper
Alina Cooper was a passionate collector of portrait miniatures and frequent bidder in the London salerooms during the 1980s and 90s. Her collection includes fine works by John Bogle, George Engleheart, Philip Jean, Gervase Jarvis Spencer and Christian Friedrich Zincke.
Sold for £600
Condition Report
Some discolouration visible to background and some spots of surface dirt. A small loss to hair and further small spots of possible mould in hair. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.
Andrew Plimer (British 1763-1837)
Portrait of a young boy, with dark hair, wearing a red coat and white shirt
miniature in a yellow metal frame, the reverse with blue enamel border and hair weave centre
framed 7.2 x 6.3 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference FZXRGXL8
ProvenanceProvenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's, 13 November 1973, lot 20 (520gns. to Rappolt).
Anon. sale, Christie's, 14 October 1998, lot 105.
Purchased from the above by Alina Cooper.
Literature:
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, illustrated opp. p. 377 ('This is a very colourful portrait by Plimer'), colour pl. 29C.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, illustrated opp. p. 377, colour pl. 29C.
Exhibited:
London, Sotheby's, Childhood, 1988, no. 131.
Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Late Alina Cooper
Alina Cooper was a passionate collector of portrait miniatures and frequent bidder in the London salerooms during the 1980s and 90s. Her collection includes fine works by John Bogle, George Engleheart, Philip Jean, Gervase Jarvis Spencer and Christian Friedrich Zincke.
