A young gentleman, facing right in red-bordered blue jacket, red cloak draped over his left shoulder, open white shirt, moustache, half-beard and curling brown hair; sky background
Details
ALFRED EDWARD CHALON, R.A. (1780-1860)
A young gentleman, facing right in red-bordered blue jacket, red cloak draped over his left shoulder, open white shirt, moustache, half-beard and curling brown hair; sky background
oval, 1 9/16 in. (39 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with black enamel border, the reverse with enamelled inscription 'He that believeth on me though he were dead yet shall he live- Soon - & for ever' and lock of hair on silk ground
A young gentleman, facing right in red-bordered blue jacket, red cloak draped over his left shoulder, open white shirt, moustache, half-beard and curling brown hair; sky background
oval, 1 9/16 in. (39 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with black enamel border, the reverse with enamelled inscription 'He that believeth on me though he were dead yet shall he live- Soon - & for ever' and lock of hair on silk ground
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 June 1980, lot 133 (as by Sir William Charles Ross).
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