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28 19 Nathaniel Hone RA (1718-1784) FRANCIS GRIESDALE ESQ., 1762 miniature; (oval) signed with initials and dated lower left; engraved with artist, subject and date on reverse 1.25 by 1 by 5in. (3.2 by 2.5 by 12.7cm) Frame Dimensions: 1.5 by 1.25in. (3.8 by 3.2cm) Excellent condition. Provenance: Private collection, Germany In a gold case. Francis Griesdale made his fortune in the lace and linen trade in London. His wife was Frances Cox, whom he married in St. Andrew’s in Holborn in 1740. He decided to leave his business in London sometime circa 1750 and retire to Salisbury in Wiltshire, taking with him his London-born daughter Mary. Another son called Harry (Henry Thomas) was born in Salisbury in 1750 and lived till 1838. In The Music and Theatre of Handel’s World – The Family Papers of James Harris, we can read: “Griesdale, Frances. The wife of Peter (sic) Griesdale of Salisbury, her maiden name was Cox and she came from Quarley, Hants. In the 1760s the Griesdales lived at Walton Canonry in the Close as tenants of Dr William Dodwell; there are frequent references to them in the Harris correspondence and also in Marsh’s journal, where ‘Mr Grisdell’ is described in July 1776 as ‘an elderly get’n & great musical amateur, tho’ no performer’ and their purchase of ‘a new grand piano of Stoddart’s’ is noted February 1779. Signatures: Fran Griesdale and Fran Griesdale.” Francis died in Salisbury in 1789 €800-€1,200 (£700-£1,040 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot19