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Henry Bone R.A.(1755-1834)Sir Martin Frobisher (c.1535/9-1594), privateer, explorer and naval commander, wearing white doublet with large pearl buttons and embroidered cuffs, pleated white ruff, black cloak and gold chain necklace
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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834)
Sir Martin Frobisher (c.1535/9-1594), privateer, explorer and naval commander, wearing white doublet with large pearl buttons and embroidered cuffs, pleated white ruff, black cloak and gold chain necklace.
Enamel on copper, signed on the obverse, HBone and signed, dated and fully inscribed on the counter-enamel, London March 1803./ Painted for the Rt Honble the Earl of Suffolk/ by Henry Bone A.R.A. Enamel Painter to/ H.R.H. the Prince of Wales after the/ Original Picture by Leonardo da Vinci/ in His Lordship's Collection, gilt-wood frame with gilt-metal slip engraved Enamel HBone, R.A.
Rectangular, 177mm (6 15/16in) high
Provenance:
Christie's London, 17 May 2017, lot 97;
The Twinight Collection
Enamel on copper, signed on the obverse, HBone and signed, dated and fully inscribed on the counter-enamel, London March 1803./ Painted for the Rt Honble the Earl of Suffolk/ by Henry Bone A.R.A. Enamel Painter to/ H.R.H. the Prince of Wales after the/ Original Picture by Leonardo da Vinci/ in His Lordship's Collection, gilt-wood frame with gilt-metal slip engraved Enamel HBone, R.A.
Rectangular, 177mm (6 15/16in) high
Provenance:
Christie's London, 17 May 2017, lot 97;
The Twinight Collection
Footnotes
A preliminary drawing, squared for transfer of a later version of the present lot by Henry Bone, inscribed Sir Martin Frobisher after the/ Original in Dulwich College June 1818 is in the Collection of the National Gallery, London, no. NPG D17156.
Sir Martin Frobisher made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada, before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-day Baffin Island. On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 tons of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.20 per ton. Encouraged, Frobisher returned to Canada with an even larger fleet and dug several mines around Frobisher Bay. He carried 1,350 tons of the ore back to England, where, after years of smelting, it was realized that the ore was a worthless rock containing the mineral hornblende. He was later knighted for his service in repelling the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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Please note, the counter-enamel is dated 'Dec 1818' with a different inscription and not as stated in the catalogue - full details now available in the condition report.
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