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JOHN SMART | Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Captain Spedway
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Smart
- Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Captain Spedway
- Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gold frame, with glazed hair reserve, in associated wood case;signed lower right: JS / 1790 / I
- 57 by 44 mm.
Provenance
The Ashcroft Collection;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 May 1946, lot 63;
sale, London, Christie's, 8 December 1982, lot 229
sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 May 1946, lot 63;
sale, London, Christie's, 8 December 1982, lot 229
Exhibited
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1924-1939 (lent by Ashcroft)
London, 1934, no. 1069
London, 1934, no. 1069
Literature
Long, 1926, p. 138, illust. p. 137, pl. XII;
Long, 1929, pp. 407 & 408;
Foster, 1930/1931, p. 69, no. II;
Foskett, 1964, pp. 19 & 74
Long, 1929, pp. 407 & 408;
Foster, 1930/1931, p. 69, no. II;
Foskett, 1964, pp. 19 & 74
Catalogue Note
The name Spedway does not appear in the list of officers of the Indian army, casting doubt on the traditional identification of the sitter.