LOT 424 John Simpson (British, 1811-after 1871) An oval enamelled c...
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John Simpson (British, 1811-after 1871) An oval enamelled copper portrait miniature of the Duchess of Sutherland after Sir Thomas Lawrence PFA FRS (British, 1769-1830)John Simpson (British, 1811-after 1871): An oval enamelled copper portrait miniature of the Duchess of Sutherland after Sir Thomas Lawrence PFA FRS (British, 1769-1830)the sitter looking to sinister, her hair arranged in ringlets, a rose to her décolleté, the rear inscribed and dated Her Grace - Duchess of Sutherland by J Simpson, 1840, after Sir T Lawrence, mounted within a contemporary papier mache rectangular frame with brass mount and oak leaf circular suspension, the miniature, 5.5cm x 4.5cm, the frame, 11cm x 9cm John Simpson (1811-after 1871) was trained as a porcelain painter at the Derby porcelain factory before moving to London in 1845. He soon established a practice as a miniature painter specialising in works on enamel, and fulfilled the first of many commissions for Queen Victoria in that year. He is last recorded describing himself at the end of his career as a 'photographic artist' (1871 census return); the date of his death is not known.
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