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Henry Bone R.A.(1755-1834)Mrs. Robert Hawthorn, facing right in white dress, fringed yellow shawl and blue lined purple cloak, her fair hair dressed in ringlets, sky background
4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £960 inc. premium
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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834)
Mrs. Robert Hawthorn, facing right in white dress, fringed yellow shawl and blue lined purple cloak, her fair hair dressed in ringlets, sky background.
Enamel on copper, signed on the obverse HBone and inscribed, signed and dated on the counter-enamel (partly obscured by the frame) [...] Wells [...] [wi]fe of Rob:t Hawtho[rn] London Oct.r 1825. [pai]nted by Henry Bone [...] [...] painter to His Majest[y] painter to His R. H. [Du]ke of York &c&c [...] [afte]r a miniature [...] Robertson in [...], hinged gilt-metal mount with plaited hair reverse within hinged gilt-metal case with engine-turned covers.
Oval, 83mm (3 1/4in) high
Provenance:
Christie's London, 22 November 1999, lot 31;
The Twinight Collection
Literature:
D. Foskett, 'Many 19th Century Miniaturists are Still Undervalued', Antique Collecting, 1988, p. 31 ('It is the only enamel I know of which is after Robertson'), illustrated p. 29, fig. 5.
Enamel on copper, signed on the obverse HBone and inscribed, signed and dated on the counter-enamel (partly obscured by the frame) [...] Wells [...] [wi]fe of Rob:t Hawtho[rn] London Oct.r 1825. [pai]nted by Henry Bone [...] [...] painter to His Majest[y] painter to His R. H. [Du]ke of York &c&c [...] [afte]r a miniature [...] Robertson in [...], hinged gilt-metal mount with plaited hair reverse within hinged gilt-metal case with engine-turned covers.
Oval, 83mm (3 1/4in) high
Provenance:
Christie's London, 22 November 1999, lot 31;
The Twinight Collection
Literature:
D. Foskett, 'Many 19th Century Miniaturists are Still Undervalued', Antique Collecting, 1988, p. 31 ('It is the only enamel I know of which is after Robertson'), illustrated p. 29, fig. 5.
Footnotes
Henry Bone's drawing for the present lot, inscribed Mrs. Hawthorn 1815 is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG D17746).
The present lot is an unusual example of Henry Bone creating a copy of a portrait miniature by one of his contemporaries. Andrew Robertson exhibited a miniature of R. Hawthorn at the Royal Academy in 1825.
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