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HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834), AFTER WILLIAM OWEN (BRITISH, 1769-1825)
Mrs Smith, in white dress, wearing gold chain with coral crucifix
Signed 'HBone' (lower left) and signed and dated on the counter-enamel 'Mrs. Smith / Henry Bone pinxt / Octr. 1802'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 73 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with mirrored reverse
Mrs Smith, in white dress, wearing gold chain with coral crucifix
Signed 'HBone' (lower left) and signed and dated on the counter-enamel 'Mrs. Smith / Henry Bone pinxt / Octr. 1802'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 73 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with mirrored reverse
Provenance
The Property of Mrs J.G. Sorel-Cameron; Christie's, London, 2 June 1970, lot 71.
Literature
R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings in the National Portrait Gallery', The Walpole Society, LXI, 1999, p. 344, no. 481. The corresponding preparatory drawing for the present miniature, dated 'Septr. 1802' and inscribed 'Mrs Smith / after Owen for Mr. Smith' is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London, inv. no. NPGD17313.
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