Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat and red waistcoat
signed with initials and dated ‘N.P / 1787’ (lower right)
on ivory (ref C18Q6ZFJ)
oval, 70 mm high
in a gilt-metal fausse-montre frame
Estimate: | £600 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £750 |
Provenance
De la Hey Collection;
Sotheby’s, London 27 May 1968, lot 97
(£360 to Mr and Mrs Rappolt);
The Rappolt Collection;
Christie’s, London, 14 October 1998, lot
74;
Private collection, UK
Exhibited
Edinburgh, The Arts Council Gallery, British Portrait Miniatures,
1965, no. 289.
Literature
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London,
1972, II, illustrated p. 277, no. 687.
Condition report
Minor abrasions off the LH border, otherwise good overall condition. No sign of fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.