Description
A portrait miniature of a gentleman, said to be Sir William Jarvis Twysden Baronet (1760-1834) by Richard Cosway RA (British, 1742-1821)
A portrait miniature of a gentleman, said to be Sir William Jarvis Twysden Baronet (1760-1834), wearing blue coat with black collar, white waistcoat, stock and cravat, his hair powdered.
Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal a plaited hair compartment, within a gold wreath of acorns and oak leaves with engraved detail, over a green glass surround, with applied handwritten inventory labels verso numbered 289, 36042 and 292, together with a further miniature of a gentleman painted on ivory, also by Richard Cosway in a gold frame, with a blue glass surround to the obverse, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair.
Oval, 64mm (2 1/2in) and 43mm (1 11/16in) high (2)
Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal a plaited hair compartment, within a gold wreath of acorns and oak leaves with engraved detail, over a green glass surround, with applied handwritten inventory labels verso numbered 289, 36042 and 292, together with a further miniature of a gentleman painted on ivory, also by Richard Cosway in a gold frame, with a blue glass surround to the obverse, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair.
Oval, 64mm (2 1/2in) and 43mm (1 11/16in) high (2)
Notes…
Provenance for title miniature
Edward Joseph no.22 1889
Frank Woodroffe
John Pierpont Morgan’s sale at Christie’s, 1935
Judy & Brian Harden Ltd.
Title miniature exhibited
Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1889 (lent by Edward Joseph)
Literature for title miniature
Dr G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures: The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, No. 289.
Sir William Jervis Twysden, 7th Baronet was one of three brothers. He married Frances Wynch, daughter of Alexander Wynch, Governor of Madras, in 1786. The couple raised a family of three boys and five daughters at their home in Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
