19TH CENTURY

細節

A COLLECTION OF FIVE SILHOUETTES ON GLASS
19TH CENTURY
Depicting the portraits of Directors, Presidents and Officers of the Alliance and London Assurance companies; 1 - J.ALEXANDER ESQ. M.P. 1825. DIRECTOR ALLIANCE ASSURANCE. 2 -- ALEX AUBERT ESQ. GOVERNOR 1795. LONDON ASSURANCE. 3 -- JOHN BARKER ESQ. GOVERNOR 1780. LONDON ASSURANCE. 4 -- ANDREW HAMILTON ESQ. SECTY. 1825. ALLIANCE INSURANCE COY. 5 -- JOHN IRVING ESQ. M.P. 1825. PRESIDENT ALLIANCE ASS.COY., in later associated maple frames with giltwood slips, the reverse of each with paper label
Frames - 9¼ x 7½ in. (23.5 x 19 cm. approx.) (5)

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拍品專文

The paper labels in respect of the Insurance members of the Alliance Insurance Company applied to the reverse of the pictures, note that they were stated to have been found hanging with other similar portraits on the walls of the 'Old European Tavern', which stood at one time on the site of the Union Bank of London, opposite the Mansion House.