λThomas Arrowsmith (1772-1829)

λThomas Arrowsmith (1772-1829)

Portrait miniature of a boy wearing a red double-breasted coat with white collar

Oval, in a gilt metal frame, the reverse with blue glass border surrounding a glazed hair back with lock of hair tied with seed pearls and initials MD

64 x 54

Provenance:

Mrs James Cromwell;

Christie's, London, 13 December 1983, lot 157;

Bonhams, London, Portrait Miniatures and Silhouettes, 19 February 2008, lot 152, (where recorded as being signed on the reverse and dated 1797);

Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes

Exhibited:

Possibly, London, Royal Academy, 1797, no.1035