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JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A. (BRITISH, 1750-1824)
A Naval Officer, in gold-trimmed blue coat with white facings and brass buttons, white shirt and cravat, powdered hair en queue; stormy sky background
on ivory
oval, 2.7/8 in. (73 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse with a locket of hair and seed pearls on blue glass
A Naval Officer, in gold-trimmed blue coat with white facings and brass buttons, white shirt and cravat, powdered hair en queue; stormy sky background
on ivory
oval, 2.7/8 in. (73 mm.) high, gold frame, the reverse with a locket of hair and seed pearls on blue glass
Provenance
Christie's, London, 14 October 1992, lot 70.
Special notice
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