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ANGELICA KAUFFMANN
with white lace. She wears a pearl bracelet on her left wrist, which is
fastened with tiny pink ribbon. The picture measures 52J X 37^.
Miss G. Blankenship, of 117, South Third Street, Richmond, Vermont,
owns a portrait of Mrs. Thomas Charles Millington and her son John. It
is painted on canvas, and measures 35J x 26J. It was painted in London
in 1780 or 1781, and was brought to America by Mr. John Millington in
1847. Mrs. Millington is represented holding her son on her knee. Her
left arm is about the child, and with her right she holds a bunch of purple
grapes. She is wearing a low-necked, long-sleeved gown of pale yellow with
a pale rose-pink over-dress, and a filmy white scarf about her shoulders. She
has a jewel on her breast. Her hair is dark brown, brushed up from her
forehead high on the top of her head, and decorated with a string of small
pearls and a greyish silk turban.
The boy has reddish-yellow hair and dark-blue eyes. He wears a low-
necked, short-sleeved dress of white, reaching nearly to his ankles, and a
blue sash. His feet are bare. With his right hand he holds the stem of the
bunch of grapes that his mother had in her palm, and he is pointing at it with
his left hand.
The background represents a landscape with tree and foliage.
The same lady had her portrait done in pastel by Bartolozzi, and from
the drawing the artist made an engraving, which is only entitled “ Mrs.
Millington.”
Mr. Millington, who brought the picture to America, lies buried in the
old graveyard in Williamsburg, near the wall, close to the Wythe House.
In the possession of Mrs. Walling of 59, River Street, Boston, is a miniature
by Angelica, representing Abraham and Hagar, and on the back of the parch-
ment on which it is painted are the words in Angelica’s writing “ Abraham
& Agara.” It measures 4 x 3J, and depicts four figures, a man reclining,
and a woman nearly nude sitting close to him, in the background a tall woman
in drapery, and near by an attendant peeping in through a curtain. The
curtain is of dark green, the drapery on the couch soft bright blue, the drapery
around the figure of the woman, pink. The tall woman who is standing in
the rear is in brown, the attendant is in green, with a gold belt. The miniature
has its original bevelled edge glass cover to it, and it is bound with a thin
piece of old red morocco leather. The owner states that it also bears
Angelica’s signature.
There were four drawings sold at the Goldstein sale in America in 1920.
They were as follows :—
A red chalk drawing of a classic head, medallion-shaped, five inches in
diameter.
A red crayon drawing touched with black charcoal, representing figures
holding bunches of grapes. 7 x 9J.
A drawing in charcoal and white chalk, representing a full-length female
figure, half reclining. 7I x 10. This was signed A. K.
ANGELICA KAUFFMANN
with white lace. She wears a pearl bracelet on her left wrist, which is
fastened with tiny pink ribbon. The picture measures 52J X 37^.
Miss G. Blankenship, of 117, South Third Street, Richmond, Vermont,
owns a portrait of Mrs. Thomas Charles Millington and her son John. It
is painted on canvas, and measures 35J x 26J. It was painted in London
in 1780 or 1781, and was brought to America by Mr. John Millington in
1847. Mrs. Millington is represented holding her son on her knee. Her
left arm is about the child, and with her right she holds a bunch of purple
grapes. She is wearing a low-necked, long-sleeved gown of pale yellow with
a pale rose-pink over-dress, and a filmy white scarf about her shoulders. She
has a jewel on her breast. Her hair is dark brown, brushed up from her
forehead high on the top of her head, and decorated with a string of small
pearls and a greyish silk turban.
The boy has reddish-yellow hair and dark-blue eyes. He wears a low-
necked, short-sleeved dress of white, reaching nearly to his ankles, and a
blue sash. His feet are bare. With his right hand he holds the stem of the
bunch of grapes that his mother had in her palm, and he is pointing at it with
his left hand.
The background represents a landscape with tree and foliage.
The same lady had her portrait done in pastel by Bartolozzi, and from
the drawing the artist made an engraving, which is only entitled “ Mrs.
Millington.”
Mr. Millington, who brought the picture to America, lies buried in the
old graveyard in Williamsburg, near the wall, close to the Wythe House.
In the possession of Mrs. Walling of 59, River Street, Boston, is a miniature
by Angelica, representing Abraham and Hagar, and on the back of the parch-
ment on which it is painted are the words in Angelica’s writing “ Abraham
& Agara.” It measures 4 x 3J, and depicts four figures, a man reclining,
and a woman nearly nude sitting close to him, in the background a tall woman
in drapery, and near by an attendant peeping in through a curtain. The
curtain is of dark green, the drapery on the couch soft bright blue, the drapery
around the figure of the woman, pink. The tall woman who is standing in
the rear is in brown, the attendant is in green, with a gold belt. The miniature
has its original bevelled edge glass cover to it, and it is bound with a thin
piece of old red morocco leather. The owner states that it also bears
Angelica’s signature.
There were four drawings sold at the Goldstein sale in America in 1920.
They were as follows :—
A red chalk drawing of a classic head, medallion-shaped, five inches in
diameter.
A red crayon drawing touched with black charcoal, representing figures
holding bunches of grapes. 7 x 9J.
A drawing in charcoal and white chalk, representing a full-length female
figure, half reclining. 7I x 10. This was signed A. K.