Joseph Terry Hone (1775-1857) in brown coat, waistcoat and cravat; sky background

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HORACE HONE, A.R.A. (ANGLO-IRISH, 1754/56-1825/27)
Joseph Terry Hone (1775-1857) in brown coat, waistcoat and cravat; sky background
signed with initials and dated 'HH 1797' (lower left)
oval, 2 7/8 in. (74 mm.) high, gilt-metal brooch frame, the reverse with plaited hair

Provenance

By family descent to the previous owner

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Lot Essay

Joseph Hone of Chamber Street, Sumner Street and 30 York Street, Dublin and Rockfield, near Kilmacud was a clothier and director of the Bank of Ireland. He was the son of Joseph Hone and a cousin of Nathaniel Hone, R.A.. He married Elizabeth Jacskon, only daughter and heiress of William Jackson, a tanner of Mill Street, the Liberties of St Thomas Court and Donore, Co. Dublin. She inherited a fortune of £50,000.
For a very similar miniature of Joseph Terry Hone, dated 1798, see P. Caffrey, Treasures to Hold: Irish and English Miniatures 1650-1850 from the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2000, p. 174.

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