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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750/1753 - 1829)
Captain Philip Brown, in Naval uniform with white facings and gold buttons, white frilled cravat and black stock, powdered hair; sky background
signed on obverse with initial 'E' (lower right) and on the backing card 'Painted by / Engleheart / [...] / April 1800 / Philip Brown'
on ivory
oval, 3.1/8 in. (79 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
Captain Philip Brown, in Naval uniform with white facings and gold buttons, white frilled cravat and black stock, powdered hair; sky background
signed on obverse with initial 'E' (lower right) and on the backing card 'Painted by / Engleheart / [...] / April 1800 / Philip Brown'
on ivory
oval, 3.1/8 in. (79 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
Provenance
F. Boyd-Waters; Christie's, London, 15 April 1958, lot 90.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La., inv. no. 212; Christie's, London, 20 March 1989, lot 95.
Christie's, London, 20 March 1990, lot 129.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La., inv. no. 212; Christie's, London, 20 March 1989, lot 95.
Christie's, London, 20 March 1990, lot 129.
Special notice
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