Live Auction 1187A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot
WILLIAM WOOD (BRITISH, 1769-1810)
Lot 5

WILLIAM WOOD (BRITISH, 1769-1810)

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 8,125

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WILLIAM WOOD (BRITISH, 1769-1810)
A pair of miniatures: a lady and gentleman believed to be of the Arbuthnot family; she, in white dress and fichu with white hairband in her curling hair, sky background; he, in blue double-breasted coat, white waistcoat and knotted caravat; sky background
she: signed on the reverse 'By / Will Wood, / of / Cork [....]'
on ivory
ovals, 3.1/8 in. (79 mm.) high, gilt-metal frames

Mrs M. M. Otway.

Specialist note

The male sitter appears in William Wood's manuscript (no. 5786) as 'Mr Arbuthnot of Edinburgh'. The miniature was started on 22 August 1800, finished two days later and delivered on 31 of the same month, for '4 Gns & 4 Gns'. He is described as having a 'blue coat', 'good healthy complexion', 'powdered hair', 'looking off, & shows front' and aged 'about 33'.