Lot Essay
Lieutenant General William Hargrave was Governor of Gibraltar in 1739 and was made full General in 1743.
Lieutenant General William Hargrave, facing right in gilt-studded blue breastplate, red coat with gold-embroidered blue facings, white stock, full bottomed powdered wig en queue
Details
WILLIAM PREWETT (fl. 1735-1750)
Lieutenant General William Hargrave, facing right in gilt-studded blue breastplate, red coat with gold-embroidered blue facings, white stock, full bottomed powdered wig en queue
inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Lieut: General Wm. Hargrave AEt. 79'
enamel on copper
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with beaded inner border and pierced foliate scrolling border
Lieutenant General William Hargrave, facing right in gilt-studded blue breastplate, red coat with gold-embroidered blue facings, white stock, full bottomed powdered wig en queue
inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Lieut: General W
enamel on copper
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with beaded inner border and pierced foliate scrolling border
Provenance
de la Hey Collection.
Sotheby's, London, 20 January 1969, lot 163 (attributed to Charles Boit; £145 to Denton).
Sotheby's, London, 20 January 1969, lot 163 (attributed to Charles Boit; £145 to Denton).
Literature
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, illustrated p. 174, pl. 40G.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 174, illustrated pl. 40G.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 174, illustrated pl. 40G.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, The Arts Council Gallery, British Portrait Miniatures, 1965, no. 378 (as by Charles Boit).