Thomas Forster (c.1677-1712)

Thomas Forster (c.1677-1712)

Portrait miniature of a gentleman, half-length, in a long-flowing wig

Indistinctly signed T*** (lower right)

Plumbago on vellum, oval, in a rectangular gilt-painted wooden frame

115 x 90mm

Provenance:

Sotheby's, London, Early English Drawings and Watercolours from the Collection of Colin Hunter, 11 July 1991, lot 30;

Sotheby's, London, The R.L. Bayne-Powell Collection of Portrait Miniatures, 11 October 1994, lot 4;

Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes