Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 1 - 1st March 2022
Lot 168
λThomas Arrowsmith (1772-1829)
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £320
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Description
λThomas Arrowsmith (1772-1829)
Portrait miniature of a boy wearing a red double-breasted coat with white collar
Oval, in a gilt metal frame, the reverse with blue glass border surrounding a glazed hair back with lock of hair tied with seed pearls and initials MD
64 x 54
Provenance:
Mrs James Cromwell;
Christie's, London, 13 December 1983, lot 157;
Bonhams, London, Portrait Miniatures and Silhouettes, 19 February 2008, lot 152, (where recorded as being signed on the reverse and dated 1797);
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
Exhibited:
Possibly, London, Royal Academy, 1797, no.1035