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PROPERTY OF A DESCENDANT OF SIR EDWARD LYCETT GREEN, 2ND BT. (1860-1934)

AFTER GEORGE ENGLEHEART

Captain John Cummings, in bright blue coat with silver lacing, silver-bordered red collar, pink sash, black cravat and tassel

Details

AFTER GEORGE ENGLEHEART Captain John Cummings, in bright blue coat with silver lacing, silver-bordered red collar, pink sash, black cravat and tassel oval, 3 3/8 in. (87 mm.) high, ormolu mount

Provenance

Francis Denis Lycett Green (1893-1959).
Gifted to his niece, Ursula Vanda Maud (b. 1912), Countess of Glasgow. Thence by descent to the current owner.

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This miniature is copied after a portrait miniature of Captain John Cummings by George Engleheart, sold Christie's, London, 27 November 1979, lot 66, and 8 June 1987, lot 354. G. C. Williamson/H. L. D Engleheart (George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, Appendix, p. 92) record that Capt. Cummings sat to George Engleheart in 1805.

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