A superb miniature of a young gentleman, facing left in blue coat, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue

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JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
A superb miniature of a young gentleman, facing left in blue coat, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
signed with initials and dated 'JS 1793 I' (lower right)
oval, 2½ in. (64 mm.) high, gold frame with glazed silk reverse

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Lot Essay

It has been suggested that the sitter is a member of the Chichele Plowden family. D. Foskett (John Smart, the Man and his Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 72) lists two members of the Plowden family among Smart's sitters.

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