Lot 102: Sampson Towgood Roch(e) (Irish, 1759-1847) A Mother and Daughter, the former seated and wearing, blue dress, black belt with gem set buckle, white fichu dressed with pearls, blonde hair worn in the à la conseilleur style and dressed with a strand of

A Mother and Daughter, the former seated and wearing, blue dress, black belt with gem set buckle, white fichu dressed with pearls, blonde hair worn in the à la conseilleur style and dressed with a strand of pearls; the latter standing with her arm in her Mother's lap, wearing white dress, purple sash, her brown locks loose.
Signed on the obverse and dated S. Roche/ 1788, gilt-metal slip, rectangular gilt-metal frame.
Oval, 79mm (3 1/8in) high
Provenance: Sotheby's, 4 December 1985, lot 90