Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 8th March 2023
Lot 20
John Smart (1741-1811)
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £850
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Description
John Smart (1741-1811)
Portrait miniature of Captain Marriott, with powdered hair
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white, oval, in a rectangular ebonised wooden frame
59 x 48mm
Provenance:
The sitter's sister, Caroline Marriott, July 1828 (according to inscription to reverse);
The collection of the late John Taylor
A preliminary sketch for the miniature now in the Yale Centre of British Art, Connecticut (no.B1974.2.95).