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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1815
A gentleman, traditionally called the artist William Naish (c. 1767-1800), in black coat
On ivory
Rectangular, 80 x 62 mm., gilt-metal frame, the frosted surround engraved 'W. Naish. / Mr William Naish'
The back of the frame contains a trade label printed 'Mr Naish, Miniature Painter (Late Student of the Royal Academy,) Informs the Gentry of Bristol and its Vicinity that he takes Likenesses in Miniature from two to five guinea[s] at No. 43, Prince's Str[eet], Bristol. At home [from] ten [t]ill [three o'clock] / Gives out to no One'
A gentleman, traditionally called the artist William Naish (c. 1767-1800), in black coat
On ivory
Rectangular, 80 x 62 mm., gilt-metal frame, the frosted surround engraved 'W. Naish. / Mr William Naish'
The back of the frame contains a trade label printed 'Mr Naish, Miniature Painter (Late Student of the Royal Academy,) Informs the Gentry of Bristol and its Vicinity that he takes Likenesses in Miniature from two to five guinea[s] at No. 43, Prince's Str[eet], Bristol. At home [from] ten [t]ill [three o'clock] / Gives out to no One'
Provenance
According to Basil Long, the late Jeffrey Whitehead, Mays, East Grinstead; Christie's, London, 6 August 1915 (the artist and sitter unidentified).
Christie's, London, South Kensington, 7 March 1995, lot 65 (as a self-portrait by William Naish).
Christie's, London, South Kensington, 7 March 1995, lot 65 (as a self-portrait by William Naish).
Literature
J.J. Foster, A Dictionary of Painters of Miniatures 1525-1850, London, 1926, p. 215.
B. Long, British Miniaturists, London, 1929, p. 309: 'Naish. In the sale of the Jeffrey Whitehead Cn. at Christie's, Aug. 1915, was a late 18th or early 19th century miniature of a man, at the back of which was the trade card of Mr. Naish, miniature ptr., later a student of the R.A.; he gave a Bristol address and stated that he was seeking the patronage of Bristol and its neighbourhood. This was perhaps William Naish'.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 1014, no. 866, illustrated IV, pl. 424, no. 866 (as by a self-portrait by William Naish).
B. Long, British Miniaturists, London, 1929, p. 309: 'Naish. In the sale of the Jeffrey Whitehead Cn. at Christie's, Aug. 1915, was a late 18th or early 19th century miniature of a man, at the back of which was the trade card of Mr. Naish, miniature ptr., later a student of the R.A.; he gave a Bristol address and stated that he was seeking the patronage of Bristol and its neighbourhood. This was perhaps William Naish'.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 1014, no. 866, illustrated IV, pl. 424, no. 866 (as by a self-portrait by William Naish).
Special notice
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