Fine Portrait Miniatures

24 Jun 2004, starting at 14:00 BST .

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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.

Sir William John Newton, Henry Hake Seward (d.1848) and his wife Katherine (née Beachcroft) (1779-1847): he, wearing blue coat, white waistcoat and frilled cravat with gold tie-pin; she, wearing white dress with lace trim and pale blue shawl

John Cox Dillman Engleheart, Miss Elizabeth Pyne, wearing short-sleeved white dress with brooch at her corsage, double-strand pearl necklace and white shawl, a pillar and green curtain in the background

John Cox Dillman Engleheart, John Halcombe Q.C. of Inner Temple, London, wearing blue coat, buff waistcoat and white frilled shirt

Studio of George Engleheart, A Gentleman, wearing blue coat, white waistcoat and cravat

John Cox Dillman Engleheart, A pair of portraits of a husband and wife: he, wearing blue coat with brass buttons and white cravat; she, wearing white dress with blue shawl

John Cox Dillman Engleheart, A pair of portraits of a husband and wife: he, wearing blue coat, white waistcoat, frilled chemise and white stock; she, wearing white dress and pale blue shawl

William Tassie, James Tassie (1735-1799), profile to the left, wearing coat and cravat

Joachim Smith F.S.A., A pair of profiles of Samuel Beachcroft (d.1796) and his wife Elizabeth (née Seward) (1758-1803): he, facing left, wearing red-trimmed grey coat, matching waistcoat and white lace cravat, his hair powdered and worn en queue with a large black ribbon; she, facing right, wearing cream dress with lace trim, black ribbon choker, small gold hoop earring, black cloak and cream ribbon in her powdered hair, worn in a banging chignon

John Smart, Lady Mary Lowther, wearing white dress and pendant necklace, her hair powdered

George Engleheart, An unfinished portrait of a Lady, profile to the left, wearing white lace collar, stock and bandeau in her powdered hair

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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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