Sale 6029
London
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14 October 1998
Price realised
GBP 1,840
Estimate
NATHANIEL PLIMER (1757-1822) A Gentleman, facing left in blue coat with gold buttons, red waistcoat with gold buttons, frilled cravat signed with initials and dated 'N . P 1787' (lower right) oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, silver-gilt fausse-montre frame, the reverse with central plaited hair panel with blue glass surround
Provenance
de la Hey; Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1968, lot 97 (£360 to Rappolt).
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Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, II, illustrated pl. 277, no. 687.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, The Arts Council Gallery, British Portrait Miniatures, 1965, no. 289.
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