Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters

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06.10.2022 12:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 81 | Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters
Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters

George C. Williamson, 1903

WILLIAMSON, George C. Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters: Their Lives and their Works. London: George Bell & Son, 1903.



Beautiful Cosway binding celebrating the miniaturists, the Plimer brothers; limited edition. No. 128 of 365 copies; printed at the Chiswick Press. With 10 portrait miniatures of young ladies after the work of Andrew or Nathaniel Plimer, in Georgian dresses with some bonnets and ribbons and beads, often on blue backgrounds. The Plimer brothers came from a clock-making family, but the elder one, Andrew, soon discovered his vocation as an artist after he was employed as a servant in the home of Richard Cosway, already high in his profession as a miniaturist.



Large quarto (314 x 222mm). Half-title. Title printed in red and black. Copious half-tone illustrations of portrait miniatuares, captioned tissue guards. Full dark green crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son, the covers with elaborate gilt-stamping of flowering vines amidst a double-rule arabesque gilt frame for the five portrait miniatures on each cover, miniatures on ivory and glazed; spine richly gilt in six compartments with raised bands; board edges gilt-ruled, turn-ins with triple gilt-rules and outer corner pieces, burgundy coated endpapers; top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by the binders on the upper turn-in (hint of rubbing to extremities and endpapers). Full dark red morocco fleece-lined pull-off case. Provenance: Christie’s New York, 5 December 1991, lot 432.





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This lot contains ivory material and is offered pursuant to a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation license, a copy of which will be provided to the buyer. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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