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Lord Byron, facing left holding his red velvet cloak draped over his shoulders in his right hand, gold and white coat, white shirt
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (1779-1855)
Lord Byron, facing left holding his red velvet cloak draped over his shoulders in his right hand, gold and white coat, white shirt
signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'Lord Byron. London Feb.y 1837. Painted by Henry Pierce Bone Enamel Painter to her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent & Princess Victoria. From the Original by W. E. West, in the possession of Joseph Neeld Esq. M.P. &c.'
enamel on copper
rectangular, 5½ x 4 9/16 in. (140 x 116 mm.), gilt-metal mount within gilt-wood frame with foliate border
Lord Byron, facing left holding his red velvet cloak draped over his shoulders in his right hand, gold and white coat, white shirt
signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'Lord Byron. London Feb.
enamel on copper
rectangular, 5½ x 4 9/16 in. (140 x 116 mm.), gilt-metal mount within gilt-wood frame with foliate border
Provenance
Grittleton Collection, no. 5.
Frost & Reed, July 1945, no. 2645.
Frost & Reed, July 1945, no. 2645.
Literature
A. Peach, 'Portraits of Byron', The Walpole Society, vol. LXII, 2000, p. 107.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1838, no. 689.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.