GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750/53-1829)

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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750/53-1829)
A lady, in profile to the left, in ermine-lined pink dress, gauze bonnet, pearl necklace
on ivory
oval, 15/16 in. (24 mm.) high, diamond-set silver frame with gilt reverse and later fitted pin closure

Provenance

Bruton Knowles, Gloucestershire, 25 April 1996, lot 100.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

It has been suggested that the sitter is the sister of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. George Engleheart trained in the studio of Joshua Reynolds though the exact dates are not known. Engleheart's first copies of Reynolds's paintings were completed in 1776. On the basis of costume, the present lot dates to a similar period.

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