Samuel Shelley
A young Lady, wearing white dress with gold embroidered trim, pearls in her powdered hair, woodland background, 1781
Watercolour on ivory
Oval, 3 5/8 in (92 mm) high
Signed and dated on the reverse '1781/March/Sam: Shelley pinxt/No.16 King Street/Covent Garden/ London'
Philip Mould & Co.
Provenance
Collection of R. L. Bayne-Powell, Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1994, lot 52;Collection of the late Mrs. T. S. Eliot, Christie’s, London, 20 November 2013, lot 26.