Portrait of a Woman

Harry Gordon Bois (1869–1946), Westminster, Middlesex, England, by 1946;

Purchased from his posthumous sale, A Fine Collection of Gold and Enamel Boxes, Etc. and Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 27, 1947, lot 129, as A Lady, by Bartle Charles Philip (1886–1949) and Elsie Gertrude (1888–1967) Kehoe, Saltdean, Sussex, 1947–1950 [1];

Purchased from Elsie Kehoe’s sale, Objects of Vertu, Fine Watches, Etc., Sotheby’s, London, June 15, 1950, lot 168, as A Lady, by Reynolds, 1950 [2];

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.

Notes

[1] Described in the catalogue as “An Early Miniature of a Lady, by Andrew Plimer, signed and dated 1787, head and shoulders three-quarters dexter, gaze directed at spectator, her massed hair falling in curls to the shoulders, white dress with blue bow, cloud and sky background, monogram ‘NLB’ in diamonds at the back, 2 1/2 in. Another unsigned miniature of the same lady was sold in these Rooms in the Ashcroft Collection, Sotheby’s May, 1946, pl. 67.”

[2] Described in the catalogue as “A Miniature of a Lady, by Andrew Plimer, signed and dated 1787, head and shoulders three-quarters dexter, curly grey hair and white dress, with a blue ribbon in the corsage, cloud and sky background, the hair at back with a monogram in rose diamonds, oval, 2 1/2 in. From the H. Gordon Bois Collection, Sotheby’s, March, 1947, lot 129. Another miniature of the same lady in the Ashcroft Collection, 1946, was also sold in these Rooms and illustrated in the Catalogue, pl. 6, no. 67.” “Reynolds” bought lot 168 for 28 pounds.