Margaret King (English, fl. 1779-1787) Portrait of a lady in a lace mob cap, grey dress and lace fichu signed 'Margt. King 1780' (lower left) and inscribed 'Margaret King / No. 16 Percy Street / Rathbone Place' (to the reverse) pastel on paper, oval 70 x 49.5cm Provenance: Sale, location unknown, 14th November 1907, fourth day of sale, lot 710; Puttick & Simpson, London, 31st May 1932, lot 8; Mellors & Kirk, Nottingham, 24th-25th November 2011, lot 534A; Cheffins, Cambridge, 17th September 2014, lot 479, when acquired by the present owner Literature: Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online edition 2008, under J.4304.112 Footnote: Margaret King exhibited pastel portraits at the Royal Academy (16) from 1779 to 1787.