ROBERT FFRENCH (BRITISH, 18TH CENTURY)
Portrait miniature of Nichola Ffrench, nee Ackson, in a white dress and a blue stole
signed, dated and inscribed ‘Nichola ffrench / daughter of Sir / Arthur Ackson / by Rob’ ffrench / AD 1749’ (on the backing card)
on vellum laid down on a playing card
oval, 46 mm high
in a silver-gilt frame
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£150 - £250
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Hammer price:
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£200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
Christie’s, London, 21 April 1998, lot 58;
Private collection, UK
Condition report
Minor frame abrasions off LH border and discolouration to robe, lower right; otherwise sound. No sign of fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.
