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Lot Essay
A miniature by Smart depicting a Mr Ellison, signed with initials and dated 1778, was in the Thun Sale, Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 31 August - 2 September 1933, lot 672.
Details
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of Mr Ellison, in coat, stock, powdered hair
inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'Mr Ellison'
pencil and watercolour on card
oval, 1 15/16 in. (48 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-wood frame
A printed label on the reverse reads 'Sketches & Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart THE PROPERTY OF MRS. BUSTEED GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST'
A preparatory sketch of Mr Ellison, in coat, stock, powdered hair
inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'Mr Ellison'
pencil and watercolour on card
oval, 1 15/16 in. (48 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-wood frame
A printed label on the reverse reads 'Sketches & Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart THE PROPERTY OF MRS. BUSTEED GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST'
Provenance
Mabel Annie Busteed, née Bose (b. 1878), a granddaughter of the
artist; Christie's, London, 17 December 1936, lot 17 (part lot, 16 gns. to Hand).
Hans Berger Collection, Buffalo, N.Y.
Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 11 November 1949, lot 2928 (part lot).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. 546, M/D 0483.
artist; Christie's, London, 17 December 1936, lot 17 (part lot, 16 gns. to Hand).
Hans Berger Collection, Buffalo, N.Y.
Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 11 November 1949, lot 2928 (part lot).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. 546, M/D 0483.
Literature
D. Foskett, John Smart, the Man and his Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 79 (as portrait of Mr S. Ellison).
Exhibited
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1957-1958 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1961 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1961 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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