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Lot Essay
The 1937 sale catalogue suggested that the Hon. Mr Trevor possibly referred to Hon. John Trevor-Hampden (1749-1824), later 3rd and last Viscount Hampden of the 1776 creation.
Details
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of the Hon. Mr Trevor, in coat, cravat, hair worn en queue
pencil and watercolour on card
inscribed on the reverse in ink, 'The Hon.ble Mr Trevor' and in pencil, 'large Bracelett ipse 15 [d]ark Blue Coat'
oval, 2 1/8 in. (55 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-wood frame
A printed label on the reverse erroneously reads 'Sketches & Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart THE PROPERTY OF MRS. BUSTEED GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST'.
A preparatory sketch of the Hon. Mr Trevor, in coat, cravat, hair worn en queue
pencil and watercolour on card
inscribed on the reverse in ink, 'The Hon.ble Mr Trevor' and in pencil, 'large Bracelett ipse 15 [d]ark Blue Coat'
oval, 2 1/8 in. (55 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-wood frame
A printed label on the reverse erroneously reads 'Sketches & Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart THE PROPERTY OF MRS. BUSTEED GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST'.
Provenance
William Henry Bose (1875-1957), a great-grandson of the artist; Christie's, London, 15 February 1937, lot 10 (part lot, 11 gns. to 'E.H.S.').
Hans Berger Collection, Buffalo, N.Y.
Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 11 November 1949, lot 2928 (part lot).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. 548, M/D 0485.
Hans Berger Collection, Buffalo, N.Y.
Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 11 November 1949, lot 2928 (part lot).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. 548, M/D 0485.
Literature
D. Foskett, John Smart, the Man and his Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 83.
Exhibited
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1957-1958 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1961 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1961 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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Monica Turcich
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