JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)

A very Fine Portrait Miniature of Miss Twining, facing left in white dress with ruffled neckline, white sash, double strand of pearls in her short, curling brown hair

細節

JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
A very Fine Portrait Miniature of Miss Twining, facing left in white dress with ruffled neckline, white sash, double strand of pearls in her short, curling brown hair
signed with initials and dated 'J S 1801' (lower right)
oval, 3.1/8 in. (79 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame, the reverse with initials HSD on central plaited hair ground

出版

D. Foskett, John Smart The Man and His Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 75.

拍品專文

A preliminary sketch for this miniature is illustrated in D. Foskett, John Smart The Man and His Miniatures, London, 1964, pl. XXI, no. 76.

Miss Twining was one of the four daughters of Richard Twining (1749-1824), director of the East India Company and head of the tea business located in the Strand. He married Mary Aldred of Norwich in 1771 and had six sons and four daughters.