GEORGE PLACE (IRISH, 1755-1809)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a brown coat
signed 'Gastor Place' (on the backing card)
on ivory (ref RFVCYUB5)
oval, 76 mm high
in a gilt-metal frame
| Estimate: |
£400 - £600
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Hammer price:
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£350 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
Acquired from the Tim Dumas Collection 10 October 1993;
Private collection, UK
Condition report
Slight discolouration to sitter's cravat and minor surface abrasions to coat, lower right. Otherwise generally sound. Ultraviolet reacts slightly to pigments in the sitter's hair. Unexamined out of frame.
