JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)

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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of a gentleman called John Deas, in coat, cravat, powdered hair en queue
pencil and watercolour on card
rectangular, 2 x 1¼ in. (50 x 45 mm.), gilt-wood frame
The reverse with printed trade label, 'Tho.s Agnew & Sons. Ltd. No. 12059 Fine Art Publishers to H.M. King George V London 43, Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, W.'

Provenance

with Agnew's, London, stock no. 12059.

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Lot Essay

A hand written inscription on the reverse reads 'Sketch for John Deas 1773 1½" x 5/16" owner was Henry Walker, 36 South Battery, Charleston S. Carolina Coat blue waistcoat cream silver buttons'. D. Foskett (John Smart, the Man and His Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 65) mentions miniatures of Mr and Mrs John Deas, both dated 1773 and of a Miss Caroline Deas.

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