Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
There is some dust caught under the glass but otherwise the portrait is in fine condition. It is set in the original gold frame that is glazed on the reverse to show a lock of brown hair tied with seed pearls (one pearl is dislodged) laid on foiled opalescent glass within an aperture with a blue glass surround.
Instead the two boys chose to run away, reaching London in 1781 where Nathaniel initially worked for the enamellist Henry Bone and took painting lessons alongside his brother with Richard Cosway. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1787. Plimer is said to have been ‘a man of the most violent and ungovernable temper, giving way at times to terrible outbursts of violence’ (Williamson 1903).
Framed Size: 70 x 61mm + bail
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Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Miniature Portrait of a Gentleman by Nathaniel Plimer
