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Henry Bone R.A.(1755-1834)The sculptor, Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, RA. (1782-1841), in black morning suit, blue waistcoat with gold fob-seal, standing three-quarter length beside the bust of William Hyde Wollaston, F.R.S. (1766-1828) on a plinth
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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834)
The sculptor, Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, RA. (1782-1841), in black morning suit, blue waistcoat with gold fob-seal, standing three-quarter length beside the bust of William Hyde Wollaston, F.R.S. (1766-1828) on a plinth.
Enamel on copper, signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel, Francis Chantrey Sculptor. RA./ London/ 1831 I Painted in Enamel by Henry Bone RA. / Enamel painter to His Majesty &c &c / after the Original by ).Jackson RA., frosted gilt-metal mount, engraved Sir Francis Chantrey RA/ Enamel HBone, RA., ormolu mount and gilded composition frame, the reverse with gilt-metal plaque engraved, Sir Francis Chantry RA/ THE SCULPTOR/ BY HENRY BONE RA/ THE GIFT OF HIS WIDOW/ Lady Chantry/ to A C BURDETT COUTTS, and a handwritten monogrammed note, With/ affectionate love/ from M.A.C./ to her ever kind friend/ Miss Burdett Coutts/ June 29th 1869.
Rectangular, 242mm (9 1/2in) high
Provenance:
Lady Mary Chantrey (1787-1875), given in 1869 to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1902);
The Rt. Hon. William Burdett-Coutts, M.P. (c. 1851-1921);
Christie's London, 11 May 1922, lot 412 (40 gns. to Guerin);
Leo R. Schidlof (1886-1966) Collection, Vienna, in 1924;
Christie's London, 4 March 1992, lot 95;
Christie's London, 10 June 2010, lot 135;
The Twinight Collection
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1831, no.455
London, New Gallery, Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph, 1891
Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina Wien, 1924, no. 102 (lent by Leo R. Schidlof)
Geneva, Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Miniature et de la Gouache, 1956, no. 50.
Literature:
H. Clouzot, Dictionnaire des miniaturistes sur email, Paris, 1924, p. 31.
L.R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 93.
R. Walker, Regency Portraits, London, 1985, I, p. 105.
R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings', The Walpole Society, LXI, 1999, p. 318, no. 99
Enamel on copper, signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel, Francis Chantrey Sculptor. RA./ London/ 1831 I Painted in Enamel by Henry Bone RA. / Enamel painter to His Majesty &c &c / after the Original by ).Jackson RA., frosted gilt-metal mount, engraved Sir Francis Chantrey RA/ Enamel HBone, RA., ormolu mount and gilded composition frame, the reverse with gilt-metal plaque engraved, Sir Francis Chantry RA/ THE SCULPTOR/ BY HENRY BONE RA/ THE GIFT OF HIS WIDOW/ Lady Chantry/ to A C BURDETT COUTTS, and a handwritten monogrammed note, With/ affectionate love/ from M.A.C./ to her ever kind friend/ Miss Burdett Coutts/ June 29th 1869.
Rectangular, 242mm (9 1/2in) high
Provenance:
Lady Mary Chantrey (1787-1875), given in 1869 to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1902);
The Rt. Hon. William Burdett-Coutts, M.P. (c. 1851-1921);
Christie's London, 11 May 1922, lot 412 (40 gns. to Guerin);
Leo R. Schidlof (1886-1966) Collection, Vienna, in 1924;
Christie's London, 4 March 1992, lot 95;
Christie's London, 10 June 2010, lot 135;
The Twinight Collection
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1831, no.455
London, New Gallery, Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph, 1891
Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina Wien, 1924, no. 102 (lent by Leo R. Schidlof)
Geneva, Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Miniature et de la Gouache, 1956, no. 50.
Literature:
H. Clouzot, Dictionnaire des miniaturistes sur email, Paris, 1924, p. 31.
L.R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 93.
R. Walker, Regency Portraits, London, 1985, I, p. 105.
R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings', The Walpole Society, LXI, 1999, p. 318, no. 99
Footnotes
Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey RA was the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and statues of many notable figures of the time. His most notable works include the statues of King George IV (Trafalgar Square); King George III (Guildhall), and George Washington (Massachusetts State House). He also executed four monuments to military heroes for St Paul's Cathedral, London.
In 1807, William Hyde Wollaston patented his design of the camera lucida, the scientific instrument used by Sir Francis Chantrey to project an image onto a plate from which a tracing could be made. As well as a great inventor, Wollaston was regarded as the most skilful chemist and mineralogist of his day and was responsible for the discovery of palladium and rhodium.
A plaster bust by Chantrey of Wollaston is in the Ashmolean Museum (inv. no. 664-152) and is incised Died 22 Dec 1828 / WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON / M.D. V.P.R.S. FC, and a marble bust made in 1829 for Mrs Seymour Bathurst and presented by Lord Bathurst to the Royal Institution in 1879, is incised WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON / CHANTREY SC / 1830.
Henry Bone's preparatory drawing of the present enamel is illustrated in R. Walker, Regency Portraits, London, 1985, II, pl. 231. The drawing, inscribed, J. Jackson RA/ FL Chantrey - 183*/ for Mrs Chantrey 1831 and a sketch of Bone made by Chantrey, are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (nos. NPG D17472 and NPG 316a [13b], respectively).
The present lot derives from a portrait by John Jackson R.A., a version of which is in the Tate Gallery, London (inv. no. 3672).
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