Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![EDMUND ASHFIELD flourished 1670-1700. 7 La DucHESSE DE Mazarin. Half-length, viewed to the right, holding a black and white spaniel in her arms to the right. She wears a blue décolleté bodice, edged with lace and richly embroidered in gold, with full mauve over-sleeves falling in folds to the elbow and fastened with jewels at the shoulders. Jewelled clasp at the bosom, pearl necklace and ear-rings, light brown hair falling in curls to the shoulders. Oval, 24 by 3in. On card. Exhibited at Brussels in 1912. Figured and described in Foster’s “‘ Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVIIth Century.” Perhaps the finest of Ashfield’s miniatures known. (14:7) [See ILLUSTRATION.]| EDMUND ASHFIELD 8 JOHN, FouRTH DUKE OF SOMERSET AND MARQUESS OF HERTFORD. Almost half-length, viewed to the left, eyes looking full. He wears a cloak about his shoulders, elaborate lace collar, hair falling in curls to the shoulders. Pencil. Rectangular, 134 by 10 in. On paper. One of the finest drawings of this period in existence. *..* From George Vertue’s Collection. There seem to be good reasons for accepting this attribution. The Drawing is an amazing work. (577) [See ILLUSTRATION. ] ETIENNE AUBRY : 1745-81. 9 A SkETcH. A Youth is represented weeping before a bust ona pedestal to the left. A dog lies at his feet ; his hat and stick are beside him, while a Girl wrapped in a loose gown is shown about to leave the room by a door. She turns her head for a last glimpse of her companion. Pencil and wash. Rectangular, 7 by Qin. On paper. (713)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31649853_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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