Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Pierre Edouard Dagoty
Portrait of Mary Morton, née Henry (1781-1858) and her two youngest children
Lot Closed
December 9, 06:24 PM GMT
Estimate
1,800 - 2,400 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Pierre Edouard Dagoty
Florence 1775 - 1871 Bordeaux
Portrait of Mary Morton, née Henry (1781-1858) and her two youngest children
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame;
signed and dated lower left: Dagoty / 1812
11.1 by 8.8 cm., 4 by 3½ in.
Elizabeth W. McPhee;
Sale, London, Christie's, 20 March 1990, lot 65
J. du Pasquier, La miniature, portrait de l'intimité, Paris 2010, p. 189
Of Irish extraction, Mary Morton was born in Bordeaux. In 1802 she married John Archer Morton (1772-1840), an American. They lived outside Bordeaux in a house called 'Virginia', named after the state of his birth.
A pendent to this miniature, showing the couple's other two children, was sold at Christie's, London, 20 March 1990, lot 66.