Lot Essay
A miniature of the sitter by John Smart, signed with initials and dated 1800 is illustrated in G. Reynolds, The Starr Collection of Miniatures, Kansas City, 1971, p. 47, no. 133.
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Horatio Townshend of Bridgemount, Co. Cork, facing right in blue with gold buttons and black collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
Details
JOHN SMART JUNIOR (1776-1809)
Horatio Townshend of Bridgemount, Co. Cork, facing right in blue with gold buttons and black collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
signed with initials and dated 'J.S.Jun 1801' (lower right)
oval, 26 in. (62 mm.) high, gold frame with plaited hair reverse
Horatio Townshend of Bridgemount, Co. Cork, facing right in blue with gold buttons and black collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
signed with initials and dated 'J.S.Jun 1801' (lower right)
oval, 26 in. (62 mm.) high, gold frame with plaited hair reverse
Provenance
L. H. Gilbert Collection, Lisbon; Christie's, London, 3 December 1963, lot 76 (115gns. to Percival).
Literature
D. Foskett, John Smart the Man and his Miniatures, London, 1984, pp. 60, 75, illustrated pl. XXXI, no. 109.
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