21 Nov 2007
14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Portrait Miniatures, including the Collection of an American Gentleman formed over thirty five years
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Fine Portrait Miniatures, including the Collection of an American Gentleman formed over thirty five years
Back to auction 15265
(n/a) George Chinnery, RHA (British, 1774-1852)
Dr John Macwhirter (c.1780-1853), wearing black coat, white waistcoat, frilled chemise and tied cravat.
Gilt-mounted rectangular papier-mâché frame; together with a portrait of George Mercer (1772-1853), wearing green coat, white waistcoat and cravat, English School, circa 1810, similarly framed.
Oval, 78mm (3 1/16in) high (2)
Gilt-mounted rectangular papier-mâché frame; together with a portrait of George Mercer (1772-1853), wearing green coat, white waistcoat and cravat, English School, circa 1810, similarly framed.
Oval, 78mm (3 1/16in) high (2)
Sold for
£9,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Macwhirter served in India with the Honourable East India Company as a surgeon 1803-1825, predominantly in Bengal. He married Harriet Anne Reid in Calcutta 12 September 1810. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh 1824 and emigrated to Australia in 1846 where he lived until returning to Edinburgh at the end of his life.
Mercer married Harriet Anne Reid's sister Frances Charlotte Reid. He was a merchant in Calcutta before also moving to Australia.
Part illustrated.
Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures
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