Lot 153Y
24 May 2006, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,160 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistJohn Burgess (Irish, b.c.1783)
A Gentleman, wearing double-breasted blue coat, white waistcoat, frilled chemise and cravat.
Signed on obverse and dated J. Burgess/ 1818, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal brown silk, set in a fitted leather travelling case.
Oval, 79mm (3 1/8in) high
Signed on obverse and dated J. Burgess/ 1818, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal brown silk, set in a fitted leather travelling case.
Oval, 79mm (3 1/8in) high
Footnotes
Burgess worked in Dublin before coming to London in 1813.