Lot 124
GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1750-1829) Y
PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF MRS. JOHN DRUMMOND, NEE HESTER CHOLMONDELEY
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
Description
oval, watercolour and body colour on ivory, the sitter with curled powdered hair tied with a blue ribbon, wearing a frilled fichu trimmed with further blue ribbons, in a gilt metal locket frame with suspension loop, the reverse with a hair knot
Dimensions
5cm x 4cm
Provenance
Munros of Lindertis
By family descent
Footnote
Hester Cholmondeley was born in 1766, the daughter of Thomas Cholmondeley and Dorothy Cowper. She married John Drummond, a senior partner at Drummond's Bank, in 1789, and the marriage produced three children, a son and two daughters. She died at the age of 36 in 1802, and is buried at Great Stanmore, Middlesex.
An identical miniature of the same subject with matching hair knot and frame, spuriously identified as possibly Georgiana Cavendish, was sold Claydon Auctioneers, 28 April, 2025, lot 1115. A pencil and watercolour sketch by Richard Cosway of Mrs. John Drummond, inscribed on the reverse Mrs John Drummond/ Sister of Charles 1st Lord Delamere/ née Cholmondeley/ by Cosway was sold Christie's London, 3 July 2012, lot 116.