Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 1 - 1st March 2022

Lot 125

λJames Reily (Irish d.1780/1788)

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £350

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Description

λJames Reily (Irish d.1780/1788)

Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a blue trimmed coat and waistcoat, with powdered hair en queue

Signed and dated IReily/1764 (centre right)

Oval, in a gilt-metal frame

39 x 33mm

Provenance:

Christie's, London, Important Gold Boxes and Portrait Miniatures, 12 June 2006, lot 70;

Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes