£425
Folk & Fantasy: Property from The Thrie Estaits and the Collection of Alison & Angus Hill | 645
Auction: 10 December 2020 at 10:00 GMT
comprising an OVAL WATERCOLOUR ON IVORY, the sitter with loose powdered hair, wearing a white dress with ruffle edge and yellow ribbon trim, in a rose gilt frame, the reverse with hair and seed pearl initials JJ, 7cm across; and ANOTHER WATERCOLOUR ON IVORY, DEPICTING ANGELICA DINGWALL FORDYCE, wearing a black empire waist dress with lace trim, in an ebonised panel frame, 7.4cm across; together with AN INK ON PAPER MINIATURE, depicting the sitter in profile, inscribed verso 'SISTER JANET/ FROM A SMALL PORTRAIT PAINTED AT AYR AT JOHN'S INSTANCE [SIC], WHEN HE WAS STATIONED THERE AS A STUDENT/ NOT VERY STRIKING A LIKENESS BUT WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE. D.A.', in a gilt metal photo frame, 6.5cm across
Note: Angelica Dingwall Fordyce was born 29 January 1780 in Aberdeen. She married John Aberdein Harvey in 1800 and lived in Kinnettles House, Angus, where she raised a large family. She died aged 80 in 1860.
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