Lot Essay
Isobel Page, daughter of Charles Page was baptised by William Emmanuel Page, the chaplain of the English community in Oporto.
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Miss Isobel Page, facing right in pearl-bordered white dress, pink flower at corsage, fur-bordered green surcoat, her brown hair plaited and upswept
Details
JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
Miss Isobel Page, facing right in pearl-bordered white dress, pink flower at corsage, fur-bordered green surcoat, her brown hair plaited and upswept
signed with initials and dated 'JS 1776' (lower left)
oval, 1.11/16 in. (43 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with reeded border
Miss Isobel Page, facing right in pearl-bordered white dress, pink flower at corsage, fur-bordered green surcoat, her brown hair plaited and upswept
signed with initials and dated 'JS 1776' (lower left)
oval, 1.11/16 in. (43 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with reeded border
Provenance
Major W. I. G. Page; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1964, lot 65 (£360 to Stelman).
Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 516, illustrated colour pl. XXIV, no. 80.