HORACE HONE
(1754-1825)Portrait of a lady, wearing a blue dress, pearl necklace, her natural hair worn up
Watercolour on ivory; signed with initials ‘HH’ and dated 1777
Silver frame set with paste, bow surmount also set with paste
Oval, 41mm. (1 3/5 in.) high.
SOLD
The sitter of the present portrait is unidentified. Her hairstyle is typical of the late 1770s, a period in which the large, top-heavy hair styles put into vogue by Marie Antoinette had arrived in England. Though it is piled in a large volume on top of her head, it remains straight, or at the most wavy, in style and is not curled or decorated particularly heavily. Such was the common fashion in England, where styles tended to remain slightly less extravagant than their French counterparts. Her dress is simple, in comparison to her hair, which was again a fashion common in this decade, as more informal costume with lighter fabrics became more popular.
Private Collection.
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