SPECTALCES AND RELATED INSTRUMENTS
THE JOHN BARNSLEY COLLECTION
H. de JANVEY
Details
H. de JANVEY
A gentleman facing left, in blackcoat and waistcoat, wearing Martins Margins spectacles with folding sides
signed and dated H.Janvey 1796
and signed in ink on the reverse with address N° 32 Lower (indistinct) Bedford Sq.r London
Oval - 2¾in high;
four prints with spectacles; and a late 17th Century Book of Saints with engravings some including spectacles
A gentleman facing left, in blackcoat and waistcoat, wearing Martins Margins spectacles with folding sides
signed and dated H.Janvey 1796
and signed in ink on the reverse with address N° 32 Lower (indistinct) Bedford Sq.r London
Oval - 2¾in high;
four prints with spectacles; and a late 17th Century Book of Saints with engravings some including spectacles