Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 5th March 2025

Lot 6

λ Carbonara (fl. 1808)

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £378

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Description

λ Carbonara (fl. 1808)
Portrait miniature of Gabriel V. Ludlow, seated full-length before a pillar, beside globe, and a table strewn with maps and books, wearing black pantaloons and jacket, with white shirt and cravat
Signed and dated Carbonara 1808 (centre to column)
Oval, in a rectangular ebonised wooden frame
71 x 57mm

Provenance:
Mrs Maria P. James;
Christie's, London, Silver, Objects & Miniatures, 4 March 1992, lot 18