Lot Essay
This rare enamel will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Liotard's works prepared by Renée Loche, Marcel Roethlisberger, Hans Boeckh and Bodo Hofstetter.
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A gentleman, called Hugh, Earl of Marchmont, in deep-blue velvet coat with gold frogging, strawberry-coloured waistcoat with gold buttons, knotted lace cravat, full-bottomed powdered wig
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JEAN-ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (SWISS, 1702-1789)
A gentleman, called Hugh, Earl of Marchmont, in deep-blue velvet coat with gold frogging, strawberry-coloured waistcoat with gold buttons, knotted lace cravat, full-bottomed powdered wig
enamel on copper
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gold bezel
A gentleman, called Hugh, Earl of Marchmont, in deep-blue velvet coat with gold frogging, strawberry-coloured waistcoat with gold buttons, knotted lace cravat, full-bottomed powdered wig
enamel on copper
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gold bezel
Provenance
Phillips, London, 19 September 1978, lot 128 (as Hugh, Earl of Marchmont)
Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 281.
Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 281.
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Sale room notice
Further provenance information has come to light since the catalogue was printed. The miniature was sold unattributed at Phillips, London, 19 September, 1978, lot 128 (as Hugh, Earl of Marchmont). A portrait of Hugh Hume Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont (1708-1794), the Scottish politician and landowner, is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, PG 1184. This portrait does not corroborate the earlier identification, see H. Smailes, The Concise Catalogue of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh 1990, p. 199, illustrated p. 201. Photocopies of the Phillips auction catalogue and comparative portraits are available on request.