HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855) (2)

the first inscribed ‘George, / youngest Son of Henry Pierce / Bone and Ann Maria Long / his wife; born Feb^y. 17^th 1814. / Jan^y. 1850. Painted from Life / by HP. Bone, Enamel Painter to / Her Majesty, HR.H. Prince / Albert &cv&c’, the second inscribed ‘Rebecca, / youngest daughter of James / Davies & Sarah Ann Knaggs, his / Wife. Born Nov^r. 28 1820. / Jan^y 1850. Painted from Life / by Henry Pierce Bone, Enamel Painter to Her Majesty, HR.H. / Prince Albert &c &c’ (on the counter-enamels)
enamel on copper

octagonal, 11.5 x 9cm
in rectangular gilt-metal mounts within velvet-lined box frames(2)

Provenance

The artist Henry Pierce Bone;

By descent to his son George Bone;

By descent to his daughters Georgina, aka Gina and Alice Bone;

Gifted to Richard Henry Egerton Russell by his Aunt and Godmother Phyllis Rosalind Leigh Hunt;

Thence by family descent

Footnote

George Bone was one of seven children of Henry Pierce Bone and his wife Anna Maria. He married, circa 1842, Rebecca Davies, daughter of James Davies and his wife, Sarah Ann, née Knaggs. They had two daughters; Georgina Davies Bone (also known as Gina) and Alice Bone.  

Henry Pierce Bone was the eldest son and pupil of the enamel painter Henry Bone, R.A. (1755-1834) and his wife Eliabeth, née Van der Meulen (d. c. 1830). After some initial training in the art of painting in oil and enamels by his father, he entered the Royal Academy School at the age of sixteen. After his father’s death in 1834, he concentrated on oil painting and the production of enamels and he began to produce copies of works by Old Masters and of portraits of the Spencer family, some of which were painted ad vivum. He followed in his father’s footsteps as enamel painter to Queen Adelaide, to Victoria, Duchess of Kent, and to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, however he was never admitted to the Royal Academy. On 14 October 1805 he married Anna Maria Long, the daughter of a Clerkenwell watchmaker. They had four sons and three daughters. Henry Pierce Bone died on 21 October 1855 and the following year 172 of his enamels were sold at Christie’s. 

Condition report
George Bone:
Some surface dirt.
A few very small minor marks to his forehand but these look like they were caused in production and are original to the work.
Some pale mottled grey spots in places, these could just be variation to the varnish.
Appears to be in generally good original condition.
Frame in need of repair.

Rebecca Bone:
Enamel surface uneven but this is original to the work and would have been caused in firing.
Some surface dirt and very small dots/marks in places.
Some other small spots, mostly upper right and upper left background but these look like they would have been caused in production.
Appears to be in generally good original condition.
Frame in need off repair.