Andrew Plimer, Nathaniel Plimer, George C. Williamson

A finely bound edition of Miniature Painters by George C. Williamson.

• George C. Williamson (British).
• After Andrew Plimer (British).
• After Nathaniel Plimer (British).
• London: George Bell & Son, 1903.
• Small folio.
• Illustrated with numerous half-tone illustrations of portrait miniatures, captioned tissue guards.
• Title-page printed in red and black.
• Limited to 365 numbered copies this being copy #128.
• Bound in full dark green crushed levant morocco, the covers with elaborate gilt-stamping of flowering vines amidst a double-rule arabesque gilt frame for the five portrait miniatures on each cover under glass, 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 pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut as issued, by Riviere & Son, housed in full dark red morocco fleece-lined solinder slipcase.

The 10 portrait miniatures of young ladies are 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. Although the miniatures are unsigned their high quality is a sure indication that they are the work of C.B. Currie.

The ten women are:

Fay Templeton

Miss. E. Grosvenor

Rebecca wife of John 1st Lord Northwick

Miss. Bedingfield

Georgianna Duchess of Devonshire

Duchess of Bedford

Miss. Lockwood

Harriet Rushout

Lady Norwick

Mrs. Dawes.