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Lot 70Y

24 May 2006, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£12,000 - £18,000

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John Smart (British, 1742/3-1811)

Lady Dorchester, wearing cyan blue dress trimmed with pearls and with golden-yellow rosette at her corsage, white lace underslip, ruff and pearls in her upswept dark hair.
Signed on obverse with initials and dated J.S./ 1769, gold frame with old brilliant single and rose-cut diamond border.
Oval, 35mm (1 3/8in) high
Provenance: Mr E. M. Hodgkins
Literature: G.C. Williamson, The History of Portrait Miniatures, 1904, Vol. II, illus. no.7, pl. LXXIII

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