Henry Bone, R.A. (1755-1834), after John Smart (1742-1811)

细节
Henry Bone, R.A. (1755-1834), after John Smart (1742-1811)

John Clements, facing right in blue coat, white waistcoat and cravat, powdered hair en queue

enamel, signed with monogram on the obverse and in full on the reverse and dated January 1818, gilt-metal frame
oval, 3in. (76mm.) high

拍品专文

Tradition states that the sitter was a doctor and a direct descendant of John Clements, M.D. who was President of the Royal College of Physicians in 1544. John Smart painted John Clements in 1798.

Another version of this miniature dated December 1817 was sold Sotheby's, 12 December 1966, lot 48 and again 15 March 1982, lot 35