A Major-General, facing right in scarlet coat with gold-embroidered blue facings, gold epaulettes, white waistcoat, frilled cravat and black stock
Details
SAMPSON TOWGOOD ROCH(E) (1759-1847)
A Major-General, facing right in scarlet coat with gold-embroidered blue facings, gold epaulettes, white waistcoat, frilled cravat and black stock
signed 'Roch 1801' (lower right)
oval, 2¾ in. (69 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame, the reverse with gold initial J on plaited hair ground within blue glass surround
A Major-General, facing right in scarlet coat with gold-embroidered blue facings, gold epaulettes, white waistcoat, frilled cravat and black stock
signed 'Roch 1801' (lower right)
oval, 2¾ in. (69 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame, the reverse with gold initial J on plaited hair ground within blue glass surround
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1976, lot 57 (£420).
Literature
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, illustrated p. 234, pl. 56E.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, illustrated p. 234, pl. 56E.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, illustrated p. 234, pl. 56E.