Live Auction 7850Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
Lot 161

JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)

Closed10 June 2010

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GBP 11,250

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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of a gentleman called Mr Oglander, in a coat, cravat, powdered hair en queue
pencil and watercolour on card
rectangular, 2 x 1¾ in. (50 x 43 mm.), gilt-wood frame
The reverse with printed trade label, 'Tho.s Agnew & Sons. Ltd. No.
12153 Fine Art Publishers to H.M. King George V London 43, Old
Bond Street, Piccadilly, W.'

with Agnew's, London, stock no. 12153.

Specialist note

A hand written note on the reverse identifies the sitter as Mr Oglander. D. Foskett (John Smart, the Man and His Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 71) mentions miniatures of Dr John Oglander, dated 1779, and of Lady and Miss Oglander. Foskett (op. cit., p. 83) also lists Miss Oglander as 'sister to Sir John Oglander of the Isle of Wight'.