Lot Essay
Mrs Gilbert Ford, wife of Gilbert Ford (see lot 191) later married General Samuel Townsend, aide-de-camp to George III.
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Mrs Gilbert Ford, facing right in pearl-bordered white silk dress with red fastenings, fur-bordered blue silk surcoat, pearl choker, pearls in her upswept brown hair
Details
JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
Mrs Gilbert Ford, facing right in pearl-bordered white silk dress with red fastenings, fur-bordered blue silk surcoat, pearl choker, pearls in her upswept brown hair
signed with initials and dated 'J. S. 1765' (lower right)
oval, 16 in. (34 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse
Mrs Gilbert Ford, facing right in pearl-bordered white silk dress with red fastenings, fur-bordered blue silk surcoat, pearl choker, pearls in her upswept brown hair
signed with initials and dated 'J. S. 1765' (lower right)
oval, 16 in. (34 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse
Provenance
Mrs Townsend in 1905.
R. W. M. Walker; (+) Christie's, London, 17 July 1945, lot 143 (part lot, 90gns. to H. Backer).
R. W. M. Walker; (+) Christie's, London, 17 July 1945, lot 143 (part lot, 90gns. to H. Backer).
Exhibited
London, South Kensington Museum, Special Exhibition of Works of Art, 1862.