Live Auction 7850Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
Lot 163

JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)

Closed10 June 2010

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GBP 12,500

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JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/43-1811)
A preparatory sketch of Mr Ellison, in coat, stock, powdered hair
inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'Mr Ellison'
pencil and watercolour on card
oval, 1 15/16 in. (48 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-wood frame
A printed label on the reverse reads 'Sketches & Studies for Miniature Portraits by John Smart THE PROPERTY OF MRS. BUSTEED GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ARTIST'

Mabel Annie Busteed, née Bose (b. 1878), a granddaughter of the
artist; Christie's, London, 17 December 1936, lot 17 (part lot, 16 gns. to Hand).
Hans Berger Collection, Buffalo, N.Y.
Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 11 November 1949, lot 2928 (part lot).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. 546, M/D 0483.

Specialist note

A miniature by Smart depicting a Mr Ellison, signed with initials and dated 1778, was in the Thun Sale, Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 31 August - 2 September 1933, lot 672.