The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures Part I

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Lot 51
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SAMUEL COTES | Portrait of Lieutenant General William Amherst (1722-1781)

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of Lieutenant General William Amherst (1722-1781)
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gold frame with blue enamel border, cooper reverse;signed lower right: SC / 1770
  • 84 by 71 mm.

Provenance

Sale, Paris, Collection 'H.D.', 25 March 1914, lot 12;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1982, lot 132

Literature

Schidlof, 1964, vol. I, p. 168