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NATHANIEL HONE (ANGLO-IRISH, 1718-1784)
Thomas Stephens, aged thirty-six, in crimson coat with gold braiding, white waistcoat, powdered hair en queue and black wig bag
signed on the obverse with monogram and dated 'NH / 1753' (lower right) and in full on the counter-enamel 'Thos Stephens / AET. 36. 1753 / NHone pinx.t'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 42 mm. high, gilt-metal mount
The counter-enamel with Hickson collection label.
Thomas Stephens, aged thirty-six, in crimson coat with gold braiding, white waistcoat, powdered hair en queue and black wig bag
signed on the obverse with monogram and dated 'NH / 1753' (lower right) and in full on the counter-enamel 'Thos Stephens / AET. 36. 1753 / NHone pinx.t'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 42 mm. high, gilt-metal mount
The counter-enamel with Hickson collection label.
Provenance
S. H. V. Hickson Collection; Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1969, lot 22.
Bonhams, London, 22 March 1994, lot 39.
The late Mrs T.S. Eliot (1926-2012) Collection, London.
Bonhams, London, 22 March 1994, lot 39.
The late Mrs T.S. Eliot (1926-2012) Collection, London.
Literature
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 179, illustrated pl. 41C.
D. Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 179, pl. 41C.
D. Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 179, pl. 41C.
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