Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
John Smart
Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir John Dalling (1731-1798)
Lot Closed
September 23, 03:25 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
John Smart
Norwich 1742 - 1811 London
Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir John Dalling (1731-1798)
Watercolour over pencil on paper, wood frame
55 by 44 mm
Sale, London, Christie’s, 21 November 2000, lot 91
D. Foskett, John Smart, The Man and his Miniatures, London 1964, p. 65
The sitter served under General Wolfe in Canada and took part in the capture of Quebec in 1759. Later he was made Governor of Jamaica (1777 until 1782) and was created a baronet in 1783. Between 1784 and 1786 he was commander-in-chief of the forces in Madras. It was there that he would have sat to Smart.
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