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Andrew Plimer, Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Joyce, Lady Lake, ca. 1790, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm), framed: 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 6.5 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/110
Andrew Plimer, Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Joyce, Lady Lake (verso), ca. 1790, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm), framed: 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 6.5 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/110
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Andrew Plimer, Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Joyce, Lady Lake, ca. 1790

Artist Andrew Plimer (English, 1763–1837)
Title Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Joyce, Lady Lake
Object Date ca. 1790
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Copper-backed case with vermeil bezel set with clear cut stones
Dimensions Sight: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm)
Framed: 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 6.5 cm)
Inscription Inscribed on case verso: “Portrait of Joyce Lady Lake / daughter of John Crowther Esq. / & wife of Sir James Winter Lake / fourth Bart. / by / Plimer / Exhibited at the Loan Exhibition / of Portrait Miniatures / South Kensington Museum 1865.”
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/110

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.1468

Scholarly research and commentary to be published in 2024.

 

Andrew Plimer, Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Joyce, Lady Lake, ca. 1790, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm), framed: 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 6.5 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/110
Andrew Plimer, Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Joyce, Lady Lake (verso), ca. 1790, watercolor on ivory, sight: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm), framed: 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 6.5 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc., F58-60/110
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