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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of Mrs Fitzhughes, in lace-bordered yellow silk dress with slashed sleeve, blue ribbon tied at corsage, upswept hair dressed with gauze
pencil and watercolour on card
feigned oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, modern rectangular gilt-metal mount with paper label inscribed 'Mrs. Fitzhughes'
A preparatory sketch of Mrs Fitzhughes, in lace-bordered yellow silk dress with slashed sleeve, blue ribbon tied at corsage, upswept hair dressed with gauze
pencil and watercolour on card
feigned oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, modern rectangular gilt-metal mount with paper label inscribed 'Mrs. Fitzhughes'
Provenance
Lilian Mary Dyer, née Bose (1876-1955), a great-granddaughter of the artist; Christie's, London, 26 November 1937, lot 28 (part lot, 16 gns. to Workman).
Peter Kaufmann Collection; Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1975, lot 85.
Bruton Knowles, Gloucestershire, 8 December 1994, lot 65.
Peter Kaufmann Collection; Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1975, lot 85.
Bruton Knowles, Gloucestershire, 8 December 1994, lot 65.
Literature
D. Foskett, John Smart, The Man and his Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 87 (as 'Mrs Fitzhugh' (sic) in yellow dress with blue riband).
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