OZIAS HUMPHRY (BRITISH, 1742-1810)
Portrait miniature of Mrs Crewe in a pink dress with a blue sash, holding a cross
signed with monogram ‘OH’ (lower left)
on ivory (ref SCNCA71J)
oval, 100mm high
in a gilt-metal mount in rectangular black wood
frame stamped in gold ‘OZIAS HUMPHRY, R.A.’
| Estimate: |
£500 - £700
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Hammer price:
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£450 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
Christie’s, London, 21 October 1997, lot 74;
Acquired from Gould Antiques Ltd, 20 November 1997;
Private collection, UK
Literature
G.C. Williamson, Life and Works of Ozias Humphry, RA, London,
1918, p. 295
Condition report
Panel has bowed inward slightly, minor discolouration to red pigments. No sign of fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.
