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Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)

John Smart, Junior

Portrait of the Hon. Edward Pyndar Lyngon (1786-1860)

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December 4, 04:07 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)

John Smart, Junior

London 1760 - 1809 Madras

Portrait of the Hon. Edward Pyndar Lyngon (1786-1860)


Watercolour and bodycolour on card, gilt-metal frame

97 by 83 mm.

The Hon. Gerald Henry Brabazon Ponsonby (1829-1908), by 1865;
by descent to,
Mrs Burton Jones, by 1964;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 March 1984, lot 136;
sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 16 November 1993, lot 13;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)

London, South Kensington Musuem, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1865, no. 659;

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1889, case XXXVIII;

Brussels, Hôtel du Baron Goffinet, Exposition de la miniature, 1912, no. 334

A. Maze-Sencier, Le Livre des Collectionneurs, Paris, 1885, p. 576;
J.J. Foster, Miniature Painters British and Foreign, London, 1903, p. 12;
G.C. Williamson, The History of Portrait Miniatures, London, 1904, p. 4;
D. Foskett, John Smart The man and his miniatures, London, 1964, pl. XXXI
The sitter was the fourth son of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp. He played a role in the Peninsular Wars and was present at Waterloo.