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A young gentleman, facing right in blue coat with gold embroidered blue collar and facings, lace cravat, powdered wig
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GUSTAVUS HAMILTON (c. 1739-1775)
A young gentleman, facing right in blue coat with gold embroidered blue collar and facings, lace cravat, powdered wig
signed and dated 'Hamn. 1768' (lower left)
oval, 16 in. (33 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with plaited hair outer border, the reverse with gold initials IMC on plaited hair within verre-églomisé border
A young gentleman, facing right in blue coat with gold embroidered blue collar and facings, lace cravat, powdered wig
signed and dated 'Ham
oval, 16 in. (33 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with plaited hair outer border, the reverse with gold initials IMC on plaited hair within verre-églomisé border
Provenance
Mrs Cosens.
Philip Cosens, in 1926.
Mrs Hugh Myers; Sotheby's, London, 1 November 1965, lot 38 (£58 to Jenkins).
Philip Cosens, in 1926.
Mrs Hugh Myers; Sotheby's, London, 1 November 1965, lot 38 (£58 to Jenkins).
Exhibited
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1928-1965.
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