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Description:
UK PRICE 1850 GBP. A fine group of nine portraits of 17th century sitters including Queen Henrietta Maria; Robert Dormer, Earl of Caernarvon; Lucius Carey, Viscount Falkland; Lady Anne Clifford; Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford; Lady Stafford and the Marquis of Worcester. The larger of these portraits and one of the ovals are of superb quality, strongly influenced by Bone; the remaining three ovals, though competent, are by a different hand. However, the whole group, presented in an excellent tortoiseshell and ebony frame, works very well indeed. HENRY BONE (1755-1834) Henry Bone was the best-known English enameller. Son of a woodcarver and cabinetmaker, he produced a dynasty of enamellers which included Henry Pierce Bone and William Bone. As a child he was taught art and at sixteen had been apprenticed to a porcelain manufacturer in Plymouth, painting landscapes and floral scenes. By 1779, he had settled in London apparently working in an enamel workshop, painting decoration for watches and jewellery. In 1781 he exhibited his first enamel portrait miniature at the Royal Academy, where he continued to show regularly until 1831. Most of his works were on enamel, but he did make a few miniatures on ivory. His enamels were usually copies after full-scale paintings, although a few were from life. He made some series, including an important group of figures from the Elizabethan era. His are works are in major museums including the Metropolitan and the National Portrait Gallery. SIZE: 28 x 22 inc. frame PROVENANCE: Wiltshire private collection
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: 8499 |
| Condition:
Very good |
Year:
c.1830
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| Height:
28 in. (71.12 cm) |
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Width: 22 in. (55.88 cm)
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