Sale 7453
London
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27 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,375
Estimate
NATHANIEL HONE (ANGLO-IRISH, 1718-1784) A young gentleman, in gold-bordered blue coat, white waistcoat and shirt, powdered wig en queue signed and dated 'NHone 1748' (mid-right) enamel on copper oval, 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame
Provenance
Auction Wilfried Haller, Hanover, 28 April 1979.
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
The library of the novelist included a translation by a brilliant young mathematician that foresaw the age of computing
Offered in the ONE sale on 10 July in New York, Annie epitomises the genre that made the artist one of the most celebrated of his generation