Portrait miniature of a gentleman with the initials R. L. J., in a spotted red coat
signed with initials and dated ‘SC / 1771’ (lower right)
on ivory (ref AVR7NXVE)
oval, 43 mm high
in a gilt-metal frame with paste surround, engraved with initials 'RLJ' (to the reverse)
Estimate: | £700 - £1,000 |
Hammer price: | £1,000 |
Provenance
F.A. Ashcroft Esq & Mrs O.S. Ashcroft;
Sotheby’s, London, 7 May 1946, lot 66, acquired by Mikel Papier;
Mikel Papier Collection, thence by descent via his granddaughter
Liz Field.
Exhibited
London, Palace of Arts, Wembley, British Empire Exhibition,
1924, no. 60.
London, Victoria & Albert Museum, long-term loan, 1924-1939.
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art, 1934, no. 1009.
Literature
B. Long, British Miniaturists 1520-1860, p. 104, illustrated fig. 90.