HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834), AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1769-1830)

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HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834), AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1769-1830)
King George IV (1762-1830), when Prince Regent, in fur-bordered blue coat, black stock, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the breast-star of the Order of the Garter
Signed with monogram '.HB.' (mid-left)
Enamel on gold
Oval, 45 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with split pearl border, the reverse with blue glass over guilloché foil ground

Provenance

Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 21 November 1995, lot 25.
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 30 June 1999, lot 50.

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Lot Essay

The present miniature derives from a large-scale oil on canvas portrait by Lawrence of George IV seated on an upholstered chair, dated 1822, which is now in the Wallace Collection, London (inv. no. P559). Another oval version of the miniature, signed and dated December 1828, was sold Christie's, South Kensington, 13 December 2007, lot 1560, from the collection of Torben Holck Colding. Another version, dated 1830, is in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle.

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