ATTRIBUTED TO PETER LILY (BRITISH, FL. C. 1770-1800)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a maroon coat
signed with monogram and dated '92' (lower right)
on ivory (ref. JUEG44SK)
5.5cm high
in a gilt-metal frame
| Estimate: |
£200 - £300
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Hammer price:
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£200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 20 January 1975, lot 26;
Private collection, UK
Footnote
A miniaturist by this name was advertising in 1800 as from
50 New Bond Street, London (see D. Foskett, p. 383)
Condition report
Surface dirt.
Surface possibly a little uneven but difficult to tell under glass.
Appears generally good.
Under glass and not examined out of frame.
