Fine Portrait Miniatures

24 May 2006 | starting at 14:00 BST

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215 lots available

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Fine Portrait Miniatures

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1• — Anonymous, Les Émaux de Petitot du Musée Impérial du Louvre, Portraits de Personnages Historiques et de Femmes Célèbres du Siecle de Louis XIV, Gravés au Burin par M.L. Ceroni, two volumes

2• — Asplund (Karl), Hjalmar Wicanders Miniatyrsamling Beskrivande Katalog, two volumes

3• — Basily-Callimaki (Mme de.), J.-B. Isabey Sa vie - Son temps 1767-1855 Suivi du Catalogue de L'Œuvre Gravée par et d'Après Isabey

4• — Biermann (Georg) and Brinckmann (Dr.), Die Miniaturen-Sammlung seiner Koniglichen Hoheit des Grossherzogs Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein

5• — Blättel (Harry), International Dictionary Miniature Painters Porcelain Painters Silhouettists

6• — Bouchot (Henri), La Miniature Française

7• — Bourgoing (Jean de), English Miniatures, with an introduction by G.C. Williamson

8• — Foster (J.J.), Miniature Painters British and Foreign with some account of those who practiced in America in the Eighteenth Century, two volumes

9• — Foster (J.J.), Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, two volumes

10• — Gillet (Louis) and Jeannerat (Carlo), Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection

11• — Grünstein (Leo), De Bildnisminiatur und ihre Meister die Sammlung Professor Doctor Emerich Ullmann Herausgegeben und Eingeleitet

12• — Lemberger (Ernest) and Hanfstaengl (Franz), Masterpieces of Miniature Painting; Großes Galeriewerk Internationaler Meister de Miniaturmalerei

13• — Lettenhove (H. Kervyn de) a.o., L'Exposition de la Miniature á Bruxelles en 1912

14• — Mauclair (Camille), Les Miniatures du XVIIIe siècle (Portraits de Femmes); Les Miniatures de l'Empire et de la Restauration (Portraits de Femmes)

15• — Williamson (George C.), Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters, Their Lives and Their Works

16• — Williamson (George C.), Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures the Property of His Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, K.G., G.C.H.

17• — Williamson (George C.), The History of Portrait Miniatures, two volumes

18• — Williamson (George C.), Life and Works of Ozias Humphry, R.A. (1743-1810)

19• — Williamson (George C.) and Engleheart (Henry L.D.), George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III

20• — Four Reference books by Foskett, Foskett (Daphne), John Smart the Man and his Miniatures, London, 1964; Samuel Cooper 1609-1672, London, 1974; British Portrait Miniatures, London, 1963; Collecting Miniatures, London, 1979

27• — Eight Portrait Miniature Collection catalogues, the property of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.; Edward B. Greene; Harry and Anna Latter-Schlesinger; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr; Paul Davidsohn; Hermann Emden; Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Tansey (two volumes);

32 — A Portrait Miniature Display Case by H. J. Hatfield & Son, gilded wood with ormolu border of ribbed column and wrapped foliate style, the hinged glazed door with original green silk blind, lined with dark green velvet

33 — English School, A Nobleman, wearing black robes and white ruff, holding a red velvet purse embroidered with gold

34* — English School, A Nobleman, wearing silver armour with gilt studs, white lace jabot and curled full-bottomed wig

35 — English School, A Gentleman, wearing red doublet with gold braid and buttons, wide white ruff

36 — Benjamin Arlaud, A Gentleman, wearing blue cloak, white lace cravat and full-bottomed powdered wig

38 — David Le Clerc, A Nobleman, wearing purple-lined crimson cloak over blue coat shot with gold, white lace cravat and full-bottomed lightly powdered wig

39 — Christian Richter, A Lady, wearing white dress and pink cloak over her left shoulder, her brown hair falling over her right shoulder

40Y — Bernard Lens III, George I (1660-1727), King of Great Britain (1714-27), wearing robes of State, white lace steinkirk and collar of the Order of the Garter

41Y — Rosalba Carriera, A Lady, wearing blue and white robes, white lace underslip and pearl cluster earrings, her hair powdered and falling over her right shoulder

42 — English School, Henrietta Maria, Queen-consort (1609-1669), wearing white dress with wide lace collar, a jewelled cross on her chest, strings of pearls at her waist and around her neck and drop pearl earrings

43 — Dutch School, A Gentleman, wearing armour, white sash across his chest, lace jabot tied with thin black ribbon and long natural wig

44 — Attributed to James Smart, A Nobleman, wearing a rust-coloured coat with fabric buttons and matching waistcoat with ochre trim, white shirt and white lawn stock, full bottomed curled wig

45 — Dutch School, A Nobleman, wearing silver armour and white necktie with tasselled ends, his hair worn long

46 — Italian School, 'Judith and Holofernes'

47 — Jean I Petitot, Louis XIV of Bourbon (1638-1715), King of France (1643-1715), wearing armour, frilled white lace at his neck and blue sash of the Order of St. Esprit

48 — English School, Charles I, wearing black doublet and white collar

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1^• — Anonymous, Les Émaux de Petitot du Musée Impérial du Louvre, Portraits de Personnages Historiques et de Femmes Célèbres du Siecle de Louis XIV, Gravés au Burin par M.L. Ceroni, two volumes

2^• — Asplund (Karl), Hjalmar Wicanders Miniatyrsamling Beskrivande Katalog, two volumes

3^• — Basily-Callimaki (Mme de.), J.-B. Isabey Sa vie - Son temps 1767-1855 Suivi du Catalogue de L'Œuvre Gravée par et d'Après Isabey

4^• — Biermann (Georg) and Brinckmann (Dr.), Die Miniaturen-Sammlung seiner Koniglichen Hoheit des Grossherzogs Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein

5^• — Blättel (Harry), International Dictionary Miniature Painters Porcelain Painters Silhouettists

6^• — Bouchot (Henri), La Miniature Française

7^• — Bourgoing (Jean de), English Miniatures, with an introduction by G.C. Williamson

8^• — Foster (J.J.), Miniature Painters British and Foreign with some account of those who practiced in America in the Eighteenth Century, two volumes

9^• — Foster (J.J.), Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, two volumes

10^• — Gillet (Louis) and Jeannerat (Carlo), Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection

11^• — Grünstein (Leo), De Bildnisminiatur und ihre Meister die Sammlung Professor Doctor Emerich Ullmann Herausgegeben und Eingeleitet

12^• — Lemberger (Ernest) and Hanfstaengl (Franz), Masterpieces of Miniature Painting; Großes Galeriewerk Internationaler Meister de Miniaturmalerei

13^• — Lettenhove (H. Kervyn de) a.o., L'Exposition de la Miniature á Bruxelles en 1912

14^• — Mauclair (Camille), Les Miniatures du XVIIIe siècle (Portraits de Femmes); Les Miniatures de l'Empire et de la Restauration (Portraits de Femmes)

15^• — Williamson (George C.), Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters, Their Lives and Their Works

16^• — Williamson (George C.), Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures the Property of His Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, K.G., G.C.H.

17^• — Williamson (George C.), The History of Portrait Miniatures, two volumes

18^• — Williamson (George C.), Life and Works of Ozias Humphry, R.A. (1743-1810)

19^• — Williamson (George C.) and Engleheart (Henry L.D.), George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III

20^• — Four Reference books by Foskett, Foskett (Daphne), John Smart the Man and his Miniatures, London, 1964; Samuel Cooper 1609-1672, London, 1974; British Portrait Miniatures, London, 1963; Collecting Miniatures, London, 1979

27^• — Eight Portrait Miniature Collection catalogues, the property of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.; Edward B. Greene; Harry and Anna Latter-Schlesinger; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr; Paul Davidsohn; Hermann Emden; Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Tansey (two volumes);

34^* — English School, A Nobleman, wearing silver armour with gilt studs, white lace jabot and curled full-bottomed wig

40^Y — Bernard Lens III, George I (1660-1727), King of Great Britain (1714-27), wearing robes of State, white lace steinkirk and collar of the Order of the Garter

41^Y — Rosalba Carriera, A Lady, wearing blue and white robes, white lace underslip and pearl cluster earrings, her hair powdered and falling over her right shoulder