細節
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/1743-1811)
A preparatory sketch of a young lady called Miss F. Ewer (d. 1786), in blue dress with white ruched collar, the ermine-bordered sleeve slashed to reveal white, pearls and blue feathers in her upswept fair hair
signed with initials and dated 'JS / 1783' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour on card
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with garnet surround, the reverse with hairwork within opaque white enamel surround inscribed 'A ROSE / WITHOUT / THORN' F. EWER OB 4 DEC 1786'
來源
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen; part III, Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1986, lot 42.
With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 1987.
出版
U. Isler-Hungerbühler, 'Die Miniaturen-Sammlung Holzscheiter', Artis, February 1961, pp. 32-33, illustrated p. 32 fig. 3.
展覽
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1957-1958 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen).
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1961 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen).
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