Lady Cornelia Wimborne
EL01690
Scan of miniature by Mabel Lee Hankey (1863-1943)Bonham's catalogue descriptionigned on the obverse Mabel Hankey, gilt-metal frame engraved to the obverse Lady Wimborne/ March 1905., rectangular fitted leather traveling case lined with purple velvet, the base with easel attachment.Oval, 137mm (5 3/8in) highLady Wimborne nÚe Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill OBE (1847-1927), seated in an armchair, wearing lavender skirt and cream lace blouse, deep purple coat with frilled collar, gold ring, a fob watch with an aquamarine jeweled lid at her left, pearl necklace and long gold chain suspended from her neck, her grey hair upswept beneath a deep purple hat dressed with ribbons and a single plume