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‘Perdita’
Wellesley Collection
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An impressively large painted silhouette of the infamous Mary Robinson (1757-1800), actress, poet, literary figure and mistress to the Prince Regent (later George IV) who became universally known as ‘Perdita’ after playing the Shakespearean heroine in 1779.
Original brass-faced oval frame with an inscribed label and provenance labels reverse.
Item Ref. 9028
Size: framed, 210 x 175 (8ΒΌ x 7")
Provenance: Francis Wellesley Collection ; Christie's July 1917, lot 23
Literature: One Hundred Silhouettes Portraits Selected from the Collection of Francis Wellesley, 1912 (plate VII)
