Live Auction 7850Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
Lot 162

JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)

Closed10 June 2010

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GBP 13,750

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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of the Hon. Mr Trevor, in coat, cravat, hair worn en queue
pencil and watercolour on card
inscribed on the reverse in ink, 'The Hon.ble Mr Trevor' and in pencil, 'large Bracelett ipse 15 [d]ark Blue Coat'
oval, 2 1/8 in. (55 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-wood frame
A printed label on the reverse erroneously reads 'Sketches & Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart THE PROPERTY OF MRS. BUSTEED GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST'.

William Henry Bose (1875-1957), a great-grandson of the artist; Christie's, London, 15 February 1937, lot 10 (part lot, 11 gns. to 'E.H.S.').
Hans Berger Collection, Buffalo, N.Y.
Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 11 November 1949, lot 2928 (part lot).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. 548, M/D 0485.

Specialist note

The 1937 sale catalogue suggested that the Hon. Mr Trevor possibly referred to Hon. John Trevor-Hampden (1749-1824), later 3rd and last Viscount Hampden of the 1776 creation.