Elizabeth Ford, facing right in pearl-bordered white silk dress with red fastenings, fur-bordered blue silk surcoat, pearl choker, pearls in her upswept brown hair

细节

JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
Elizabeth Ford, facing right in pearl-bordered white silk dress with red fastenings, fur-bordered blue silk surcoat, pearl choker, pearls in her upswept brown hair
signed with initials and dated 'J.S. 1765' (lower right)
oval, 1 5/16 in. (34 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse

来源

Lieut. John Townsend, R.N., in 1862.
Mrs Townsend, in 1905.
R. W. M. Walker; (+) Christie's, London, 17 July 1945, lot 143 (part lot, to H. E. Backer).

展览

London, South Kensington Museum, Special Exhibition of Works of Art, 1862, no. 2696 (lent by Lieut. John Townsend, R.N.).

注意事项

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拍品专文

Elizabeth Aikenhead married Gilbert Ford, the Attorney-General of Jamaica and later General Samuel Townsend, aide-de-camp to George III. A miniature of Gilbert Ford by John Smart, also dated 1765, was sold Christie's, London, 24 May 2000, lot 191.