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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Felicity Jean Trotter (née Swinton) (1774-1844), wearing white chemise, stock, black dress, gold necklace and earrings, red curtain background image 1
Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Felicity Jean Trotter (née Swinton) (1774-1844), wearing white chemise, stock, black dress, gold necklace and earrings, red curtain background image 2
The Twinight Collection
Lot 38*

Henry Bone R.A.
(1755-1834)
Felicity Jean Trotter (née Swinton) (1774-1844), wearing white chemise, stock, black dress, gold necklace and earrings, red curtain background

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834)

Felicity Jean Trotter (née Swinton) (1774-1844), wearing white chemise, stock, black dress, gold necklace and earrings, red curtain background.
enamel on copper, reputedly signed and dated on the reverse, HBone pinx.t/Feb.y 1799, gold frame, glazed reverse with green glass reserve bordered by braided hair, set with gold-work lettering 9 Feb. 1797, and Felicity.
Oval, 70mm (2 3/4in) high

Provenance:
Christie's London, 31 March 1981, lot 97
The Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher, Sotheby's London 9 December 2021, lot 360;
The Twinight Collection

Footnotes

Felicity, daughter of Capt. Samuel Swinton, RN and Felicité Jeanne le Febre married John Trotter of Durham Park on 3 September 1804.

The present lot is derived from Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Felicity Trotter. The preliminary drawing is recorded in R. Walker, Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings, The Walpole Society, vol. LXI, 1999, p. 347, under no. 522.

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