Lot 55
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JOHN SMART | Portrait of Sophia Plowden (1777-1863/4), when a child

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Smart
  • Portrait of Sophia Plowden (1777-1863/4), when a child
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, silver-gilt mount, contained in a later gold locket;signed with initials and dated lower left: J.S. / 1785
  • 44 by 32 mm.

Provenance

Mr Huncomb;
Alfred Hill;
his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 May 1942, lot 82;
Colonel Body;
his executor's sale, London, Christie's, 7 November 1988, lot 138

Literature

Foskett, 1964, p. 72