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Details
HORACE HONE, A.R.A. (ANGLO-IRISH, 1754/1756 - 1825/1827)
Elizabeth Prentice, in profile, in décolleté white dress and yellow stole, pearl-set gold brooch on her left sleeve, upswept dark brown curling hair
signed with monogram and dated on the obverse 'HH / 1807' (lower left) and in full on the counter-enamel '-Elizabeth- / The Wife of Thos<\sup> Prentice Esqr<\sup>. / -of Dublin- / Horace Hone A.R.A. / - Pinxt<\sup>. in London /1807'
enamel on copper
oval, 4.1/8 in. (106 mm.) high, silver-gilt bezel
Elizabeth Prentice, in profile, in décolleté white dress and yellow stole, pearl-set gold brooch on her left sleeve, upswept dark brown curling hair
signed with monogram and dated on the obverse 'HH / 1807' (lower left) and in full on the counter-enamel '-Elizabeth- / The Wife of Thos<\sup> Prentice Esqr<\sup>. / -of Dublin- / Horace Hone A.R.A. / - Pinxt<\sup>. in London /1807'
enamel on copper
oval, 4.1/8 in. (106 mm.) high, silver-gilt bezel
Provenance
Acquired by Edward Grosvenor Paine at 'Plaza', in 1963.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La., inv. no. 237; (+) Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 127.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La., inv. no. 237; (+) Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 127.
Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, pp. 67, 335 (as 'one of his finest and largest enamels'), illustrated II, pl. 168, no. 433.
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 231 ('It is rare to find such a large enamel by Hone, and this is of exceptionally fine quality'), illustrated pl. 55G.
D. Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 231, illustrated pl. 55G.
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 231 ('It is rare to find such a large enamel by Hone, and this is of exceptionally fine quality'), illustrated pl. 55G.
D. Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 231, illustrated pl. 55G.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, The Arts Council Gallery, British Portrait Miniatures, 1965, no. 403 (lent by Edward Grosvenor Paine, New York).
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