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Description: | Faulkenor Collection
Oval head and part-shoulders miniature of an unidentified lady - probably still in her teens or very early 20s - in an oval gilt metal suspension locket. The watercolour includes some bodycolour (gouache). The sitter is turned slightly to her right looking out at the viewer. She wears a blue low-cut gown with a lace edge to the decolletage and a choker of pearls round the neck. Her dark hair is piled up with a much longer string of pearls woven through it. To the right in the background is part of a grey circular shape, not easily identifiable.
An inscription on the reverse of this item reads 'Faulkenor Collection' [sic] and it was presented by the Misses Trotter in December 1944 with other items relating to Captain Robert Faulknor (1763-95) who was killed commanding the 'Blanche' while taking the French 'Pique' off Guadeloupe on 4 January of the latter year. It came with MNT0189, said to show Faulknor himself, though that is also questionable. Faulknor - whose father and grandfather were also Royal Naval captains- died unmarried, so this lady is not his wife even if she is some other relative.
caption: Unknown lady | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | miniatures (medals) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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