JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)

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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of a gentleman, in blue-bordered pink coat, white waistcoat and stock, powdered hair en queue
pencil and watercolour on card
oval, 1 13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-wood frame

Provenance

Goldschmidt Collection, Vienna; part II, Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 4 June 1937, lot 1220.
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. 536, M/D 0132.

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Lot Essay

This is probably the preparatory sketch for the miniature of a young gentleman in a blue coat and pink waistcoat, which was signed with initials and dated 1771 (with Judy and Brian Harden Antiques Ltd in March 2004).

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