Un lot de portraits miniatures du XIXe siècle

incluant un portrait de femme, d'après Richard Cosway; un portrait de femme, qui porte une signature Smart; un portrait de John Perceval, Comte de Egmond (1737-1822), d'après John Smart, inscrit en bas à droite: John Smart; un portrait de George IV, Prince de Galles (1762-1830), d'après George Engleheart: qui porte une signature en bas à droite: Engleheart; et un portrait du Colonel John Baillie de Leys Castle, Inverness par un suiveur d'Alexander Gallaway

La dernière: Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989);
sa vente, Christie's, Londres, 23 october 1979, lot 119

These miniatures remain brightly coloured and in good condition. On the portrait of the Earl of Egmond, there is a minor area of pigment loss on his right hand shoulder.
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A Collection of 19^th Century Portrait Miniatures ; including a Lady, after Richard Cosway; a Lady, after John Smart, inscribed ; John Perceval, Earl of Egmond, after John Smart, inscribed ; King George IV, as the Prince of Wales, after George Engleheart: inscribed ; and Colonel John Baillie of Leys Castle, Inverness, by a follower of Alexander Gallaway, variously framed