Robert Gibbons (d. 1805), in blue coat, cream waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered curling hair

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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750/53-1829)
Robert Gibbons (d. 1805), in blue coat, cream waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered curling hair
oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, gold fausse-montre frame, the obverse and reverse with pale blue enamel border scattered with gold paillons within white enamel borders, the reverse with gold monogram 'RG' on plaited hair

Provenance

Phillips, London, 16 July 1980, lot 218.
Frankfurt/Main, private collection.
Christie's, London, 14 October 1992, lot 72.

Literature

G. C. Williamson/H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, Appendix I, p. 98.

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Lot Essay

Robert Gibbons (d. 1805), 3rd son of Sir John Gibbons and Martha, daughter of Rev. Dr. Scawen Kenwick, was a member of the Council of the Island of Barbados; he married Margaret, daughter of P. Crookenden of Barbados.
Williamson/Englehart (loc. cit.) record that Mr Gibbons sat to Engleheart in 1789 and also records a Lady Gibbons painted in 1784 and a Miss Gibbons painted in 1807.

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