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Lot Essay
The preparatory sketch of Mr Mee is inscribed below the sitter with the words 'Mr Mee Uncle to Lord Palmerson Secy of War [...]'.
Details
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
Two preparatory sketches, one taken from the artist's sketch book, of Captain Mackintosh, in profile to the right, in coat, ribbon fastened hair en queue; together with Mr Mee, uncle to Lord Palmerston, Secretary of War, in coat, stock, frilled shirt, hair en queue, inscribed below
pencil on card
rectangular, 4 x 6½ in. (104 x 165 mm.), 6 7/8 x 4½ in. (175 x 115 mm.) respectively, modern gilt-wood frames with bevelled matting, gold border (2)
Two preparatory sketches, one taken from the artist's sketch book, of Captain Mackintosh, in profile to the right, in coat, ribbon fastened hair en queue; together with Mr Mee, uncle to Lord Palmerston, Secretary of War, in coat, stock, frilled shirt, hair en queue, inscribed below
pencil on card
rectangular, 4 x 6½ in. (104 x 165 mm.), 6 7/8 x 4½ in. (175 x 115 mm.) respectively, modern gilt-wood frames with bevelled matting, gold border (2)
Provenance
Sir Bruce S. Ingram, O.B.E. (Lugt 1405a).
Literature
D. Foskett, John Smart, the Man and His Miniatures, London, 1964, pp. 70 and 71, respectively.
Special notice
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