John Smart (British, 1742-1811)
An Officer, wearing red coatee with yellow facings, silver epaulette embroidered with red badge bearing initials GR, white frilled chemise, black stock, his powdered hair worn en queue and tied with a grey ribbon bow.
Signed on the obverse with initials and dated JS/ 1794/ I, gold frame with brooch clasp attachment, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair.
Oval, 63mm (2 1/2in) high
Signed on the obverse with initials and dated JS/ 1794/ I, gold frame with brooch clasp attachment, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair.
Oval, 63mm (2 1/2in) high
Sold for
£24,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The present lot dates to Smart's final full year in India. In her book John Smart, the man and his miniatures, Daphne Foskett lists only three miniatures of known sitters dated 1794; Major-General Sir Barry Close (sold, Christie's, 25 June 1968, lot 99); Colonel John Richardson and Thomas Truston.
Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures
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