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GEORGE HARGREAVES
Portrait miniature of John Abraham Francis Hawkins (1803 - 1879) wearing dark blue buttoned coat, black waistcoat and white standing collar, his red hair curling and parted; sold with a portrait miniature of his sister, Henrietta Alicia Aldersley, née Hawkins (1806-1855), wearing white dress with puffed sleeves and lace décolléte trim, dark blue sleeveless overdress, and a brown fur stole, gold necklace and earrings, her hair upswept in an Apollo knot
GEORGE HARGREAVES
Portrait miniature of John Abraham Francis Hawkins (1803 - 1879) wearing dark blue buttoned coat, black waistcoat and white standing collar, his red hair curling and parted; sold with a portrait miniature of his sister, Henrietta Alicia Aldersley, née Hawkins (1806-1855), wearing white dress with puffed sleeves and lace décolléte trim, dark blue sleeveless overdress, and a brown fur stole, gold necklace and earrings, her hair upswept in an Apollo knot
The Limner Company : Portrait Miniature
Date circa 1825
Period Regency, Georgian
Origin England
Medium Watercolour on ivory
Dimension 9.1 cm (3⁵/₈ inches)
wife, Elizabeth Friell (b.1781), John Abraham Francis Hawkins received his education in Hertfordshire. He returned to India as a young man, where he entered the service of the East India Company. There, he became a judge of the Calcutta Supreme Court and a founding member of the Bengal Athletic Club. He was married to Margaret Edmonstone McLeod in 1836, with whom he had two sons. When he was appointed to his judicial role, the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston (1784-1865), is said to have called him ‘trusty and well-beloved’.
John’s sister, Henrietta, was two years younger than him, and married Joseph Stephens Aldersey in London in 1831. She had four children, and little else is known about her life.
Date: circa 1825
Period: Regency, Georgian
Origin: England
Medium: Watercolour on ivory
Dimension: 9.1 cm (3⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 28 June 2012, lot 149 (sold as by Henry Collen);
Private collection.
The Limner Company : Portrait Miniature
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