ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN HOSKINS (BRITISH, 1589-1664) Portrait miniature of a lady called Mrs Mary Davies, in a blue dress and wearing a large drop pearl brooch on vellum oval, 90mm in a gilt-metal frame with spiral surmount engraved ‘Mrs. Davis’ (to the reverse) Provenance John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913); Sotheby’s, 9 November1944, lot 99; John Tapp (possibly acquired from the JP Morgan Collectionsale); Private collection, UK Condition Report Paint flaking in chest area.There appears to be some retouchingin the background.