Lot 253

JOHN BOGLE (BRITISH, 1746-1803)

Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat with a red curtain in the background
signed and dated ‘I.Bogle / pinxt. / 1796’ (mid-right)
on ivory (ref FKWPF7Q3)
oval, 75mm high
in a gilt-metal mount

Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer price: £1,700
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Provenance
A.P. Cunliffe;
Sotheby’s, London, 20 November 1945, lot 35, acquired by Mikel Papier;
Mikel Papier Collection; thence by descent via his granddaughter Liz Field

Exhibited
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, long term loan;
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art, 1934, no. 1022 (lent by A.P. Cunliffe) 

Literature
B. Long, ‘John Bogle, Miniature Painter’, The Connoisseur, 1923, p. 218.

Condition Report

Tony flecks of paint loss off left border, otherwise good overall condition.  No fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.

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