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

Lot 129

William Hopkins Craft (1730-1811)

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £350

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Description

William Hopkins Craft (1730-1811)

Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a blue coat and striped yellow waistcoat

Enamel on copper, oval, in a gold brooch frame with leaf border

24 x 13mm

Provenance:

Christie's, London, 27-28 April 1983, lot 321 (to Dreesmann);

Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inv. no.F-135);

Christie's, London, The Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection, Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu and Portrait Miniatures, 11 April 2002, lot 740;

Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes