John Smart (British, 1741-1811)

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John Smart (British, 1741-1811)
Mrs James Hamilton (1741-1790), née Lucy Lloyd
Signed and dated 'J. S. / 1781' (lower right)
On ivory
Oval, 53 mm. high, in gold frame, the reverse with plaited hair

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2011, lot 294.
With D.S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd, in 2012.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sitter was the daughter of Sir Richard Lloyd of Hintelsham, Suffolk. She married, firstly, Sir John Fytch-Barker, 7th Bt (1741-1766) circa 1759. A year after his death in 1767, she married Colonel the Hon. James Hamilton (1764-1804) of the Coldstream Guards. A drawing of him by Smart from the collection of the late Arthur Jaffe (1880-1954) was sold Christie's, London, 17 November 2016, lot 63 and a portrait miniature of him by Smart was offered Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2018, lot 54.

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