Sale 6029
London
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14 October 1998
Price realised
GBP 1,035
Estimate
CHARLES ROBERTSON (c. 1760-1821) A Gentleman, facing left in brown coat, white waistcoat and red waistcoat, frilled cravat, powdered hair oval, 2.3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame, the reverse with central glazed panel with blue glass surround
Provenance
de la Hey; Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1968, lot 96 (£360 to Rappolt).
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Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 472, illustrated II, pl. 296, no. 741.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, The Arts Council Gallery, British Portrait Miniatures, 1965, no. 304.
Offered for private sale, a work on paper that not only encapsulates the bond between two greats, but also seems to reference their workouts together
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