λWilliam Singleton (d.1793)

λWilliam Singleton (d.1793)

Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing an olive-green coat and with powdered hair en queue

Signed with initial S (centre right)

Oval, in a gilt metal frame with bracelet clasp mount

41 x 33mm

Provenance:

Bonhams, London, Fine Portrait Miniatures, 22 November 2006, lot 82;

Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes

An alternative attribution to Samuel Shelley (1750/56-1808) has been suggested.