BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740)
Mr Newton, in green coat, yellow embroidered waistcoat, white lace cravat, long curling full-bottomed brown wig
signed in gold with monogram 'BL' (lower left) and signed, dated and inscribed in full in ink on the backing paper, 'Mr Newton / Bernard Lens Londini / fecit advivum / Dec ye 15 1718.'
on ivory
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, turned ivory frame with glazed reverse
BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740)
Mr Newton, in green coat, yellow embroidered waistcoat, white lace cravat, long curling full-bottomed brown wig
signed in gold with monogram 'BL' (lower left) and signed, dated and inscribed in full in ink on the backing paper, 'Mr Newton / Bernard Lens Londini / fecit advivum / Dec ye 15 1718.'
on ivory
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, turned ivory frame with glazed reverse