£500
MANNER OF GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1752 - 1829). LATE 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN WITH A POWDERED WIG, WEARING A BLUE COAT WITH WHITE STOCK. WATERCOLOUR ON IVORY. THE OVAL GILT FRAME WITH PLAITED HAIR TO REVERSE SET AROUND A GUILLOCHE ENAMEL OVAL WITH GOLD INITIALS OF THE SITTER - JS. SURROUNDED BY A SEED PEARL AND BRISTOL BLUE GLASS FRAME. FROM FAMILY PROVENANCE PROBABLY A RESIDENT OF BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. REGISTERED UNDER IVORY EXEMPTION REGULATIONS, REF YJJSZEHN
APPEARS TO BE SOME MOULD UNDER THE GLASS VISIBLE ON HIS COAT, RIGHT HAND SIDE. DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE CAUSED DETERIORATION OF PAINT SURFACE BUT ONLY EXAMINED THROUGH THE GLASS
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