LOT 17 JOHN SMART (BRITISH 1740-1811)
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JOHN SMART (BRITISH 1740-1811) Portrait miniature of a fashionable young Gentleman wearing rust coloured doublet secured with jeweled buttons, a fine white lace Van Dyck style collar and blue robe over his right shoulder Signed and dated J.S. 1765 on the obverse Watercolour on ivory Gilt-metal frame Oval, 30mm (1 1/4in) high Exhibited: Comerford Collection at the Irish Architectural Archives, Dublin, 2009 Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures, (privately published, Dublin, 2009); pp 10, 54 (#232) Although it has not been possible to identify the sitter, he was clearly a man of wealth who followed the "Cavalier" fancy-dress costume called a Van Dyke, which was popular during the reign of George III.
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