Lot Essay
The sitter was the elder brother of Dr Robert Shean. He was born in Portsmouth and died in Jamaica of fever.
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A young gentleman, called Major John Shean, facing right in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat
Details
WILLIAM WOOD (1769-1810)
A young gentleman, called Major John Shean, facing right in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat
signed and dated on the reverse 'D E [...] By Will: [Wo]od, Cork Street, Lond. 1808.'
oval, 3.3/8 in. (86 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount within rectangular veneered lemonwood frame
A young gentleman, called Major John Shean, facing right in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat
signed and dated on the reverse 'D E [...] By Will: [Wo]od, Cork Street, Lond. 1808.'
oval, 3.3/8 in. (86 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount within rectangular veneered lemonwood frame
Literature
G. C. Williamson, The Miniature Collector, London, 1921, p. 292.