WILLIAM WOOD (BRITISH, 1769-1810)
Portrait miniature of Philip Button Esq. of Gifford, Near Grays, Essex, in a blue coat
inscribed by the artist ‘6104’ (on the backing card)
on ivory (ref D8YXG42G)
oval, 76 mm high
in a gilt-metal frame, with gold initials 'PB' on a plaited ground (on the reverse)
| Estimate: |
£1,500 - £2,500
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Hammer price:
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£3,200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
Bonhams, London, 21 November 1996, lot 152;
Private collection, UK
Footnote
William Wood’s notebook includes the following entry which relates to the present miniature: ‘No. 6104 – Mr Philip Button of Hifford, near Grays, Essex. 10 gns. Began 4 Apr 1805; del’d 16 May. On a piece of light ivory rubbed with glass paper, white card gummed behind. Complexion fair to good. Reds heightened with 494, somoe 495. 507 white. 281 on the coat. Gum Arabic and occasional sugar candy. Common river water, boiled. A few touches of gum arabic on features.’
Condition Report
Slight surface dirt, lower left, otherwise sound and clean throughout. No sign of retouching under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.
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