Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 1 - 1st March 2022
Lot 52
Thomas Forster (c.1677-1712)
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £600
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Description
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