Fine Portrait Miniatures

18 Nov 2003, starting at 14:00 GMT .

This sale is now finished. If you are interested in consigning in future sales, please contact the specialist department. If you have queries about lots purchased in this sale, please contact customer services.

Samuel Cooper, A Gentleman, probably a Parliamentarian, aged 24, wearing armour, short, white cravat tied with black ribbon, his blond hair worn long, sky background

Sold for £ 40,630 (US$ 51,582) inc. premium

John Smart, Charlotte Palmer, née Gough, wearing blue-lined, gold-bordered white dress, further embroidered with sprigs of gold flowers and ermine-trimmed blue cloak, pearls in her upswept brown hair

Sold for £ 20,315 (US$ 25,791) inc. premium

John Smart, A portrait of John Spottiswoode, wearing pale brown coat, gold-edged green waistcoat, white cravat and white shirt with lace frill, his hair powdered and worn en queue

Sold for £ 12,547 (US$ 15,929) inc. premium

Henry Bone R.A. (British, 1755-1834), The Shipwreck of Aeneas

Sold for £ 11,950 (US$ 15,171) inc. premium

Samuel Cooper, A Gentleman, probably a Parliamentarian, aged 24, wearing armour, short, white cravat tied with black ribbon, his blond hair worn long, sky background

John Smart, Charlotte Palmer, née Gough, wearing blue-lined, gold-bordered white dress, further embr

John Smart, A portrait of John Spottiswoode, wearing pale brown coat, gold-edged green waistcoat, white cravat and white shirt with lace frill, his hair powdered and worn en queue

Henry Bone R.A. (British, 1755-1834), The Shipwreck of Aeneas

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English School, A mother and child, both wearing white dresses, the mother with pearl in her hair, the baby with lace-trimmed bonnet

John Cox Dillman Engleheart, Admiral William Thornborough KCB, wearing Naval uniform, gold trimmed blue coat with gold epaulettes, white waistcoat and black stock

Charles Shirreff, A Lady, wearing décolleté black dress with sleeves slashed to reveal white and white underslip

David Gibson, A double-sided miniature, probably husband and wife; he wears brown coat, pale yellow waistcoat, white cravat and powdered wig; she wears brown dress with white fichu, her white bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon

Charles Robertson, A Field Officer, of a regiment of Irish Volunteers, his scarlet coat with silver epaulettes, his silver belt plate engraved with with a crowned harp

French School, Monsieur de Grieux, wearing grey coat, white cravat and medal on a red ribbon, his hair powdered and worn en queue with a black ribbon

French School, A Gentleman, wearing grey-blue coat, red waistcoat and tied white stock, sky background

Austrian School, Archduke Charles of Austria (1771-1847), wearing the uniform of the Third Infantry Regiment, white coat with blue collar, breast star and badge of the Order of the Teutonic Knights and the breast star and blue moiré sash of the Imperial Austrian Order of Maria Theresia

L. Hortin, A Gentleman, seated in a landscape, wearing brown chalk-striped coat, blue edged orange waistcoat with floral motif and white cravat

French School, A Gentleman, wearing black coat, double-breasted white waistcoat, tied stock and two gold chains across his breast

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Buyers' Premium and Charges

For all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:

Buyer's Premium Rates
28% on the first £40,000 of the hammer price;
27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £40,000 up to and including £800,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £800,000 up to and including £4,500,000;
and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of £4,500,000.

VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right.

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